MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME

GRADE 10

BIOLOGY

Lesson 1 -Worksheet 1

SECTION A

Instruction: circle the letter next to the correct answer

1. Which of the following represents the five-kingdom classification of organisms?

A. Prokaryotes, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
B. Eukaryotes, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
C. Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, Viruses, Plantae, Animalia
D. Prokaryotes, Viruses, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
2. Grouping organisms based on what they have in common is called …………………….
A. Taxonomy
B. Classification
C. Family
D. Morphology
3. The branch of science that deals with the classifying and grouping of organisms is called
A. Speciation
B. Taxonomy
C. Classification
D. Kingdom
4. All of the following belong to the kingdom Protoctista except
A. Paramecium
B. Algae
C. Bacteria
D. Protozoa
 5. The Kingdom Animalia has organisms that are
A. Autotrophic and multicellular
B. Autotrophic and unicellular
C. Heterotrophic and unicellular
D. Heterotrophic and multicellular

SECTION B

Instruction: complete the table below

Distinguishing Characteristics
Kingdom Cell type Unicellular/ Mode of Cell wall Motility Examples
Multicellular nutrition (ability to
move)
…………
Prokaryotes …………… ……………. …………… Present ………….. …………
………..
Protoctista Eukaryotic ………….. …………….. …………… ……………. …………
Yeast
Fungi …………….. …………… Heterotrophic …………….. …………….. ……......
…………..
Plantae ……………. ……………. ……………. ……………. Non-motile ………….
…………..
Animalia …………….. Multicellular ………….. ………….. ……………. …………..
 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM

GRADE 10

BIOLOGY

Lesson 1: Worksheet 1 - Answer

Section A

1. A
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. D

Section B

Distinguishing Characteristics
Kingdom Cell type Unicellular/ Mode of Cell wall Motility Examples
Multicellular nutrition (ability to
move)
Some are Escherichia
Prokaryotes Prokaryotic Unicellular Autotrophic Present motile while coli and
some are not Cyanobacteria
Algae
Protoctista Eukaryotic Unicellular Autotrophic Present Motile Paramecium
and in some
heterotrophic
Yeast
Fungi Eukaryotic Unicellular Heterotrophic Present Non-motile Mushrooms
or
multicellular
 Eukaryotic multicellular Autotrophic Present Non-motile Hibiscus,
Plantae pumpkin or
any other plant
Bird, cat or
Animalia Eukaryotic Multicellular Heterotrophic Absent Motile any other
animal