Al Nahda National School for Girls

Biology Department
Test 2 Date: …/…/2023
Name: …………………………………………… Grade 7 /Section: ……
Teacher: Alaa Awad, Manal No. Of Pages: 7
Lead Teacher: Alia Mousa Marks:……./…..

Part 1: Knowledge: ( /12)

1. A group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile
offspring defines:
A. genus
B. species
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domain
D. Kingdom

2. Which term shows the correct way to write a scientific name?

A. Carnivora
B. Ursus arctos
C. grizzly bear
D. Ursus Arctos

3. The organism shown below belong to which kingdom?

A. Animalia
B. Bacteria
C. Archaea
D. Plantae

4. Which of the following is true about invertebrates?

A. Most of them eat meat.
B. They live in almost every environment on Earth.
C. Most of them cannot move on their own.
D. Most of them have radial body symmetry

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 5. Which of the following animals is NOT an invertebrate

6. Most animals ________.

A. are arthropods
B. have jointed legs
C. are invertebrates
D. all of the above

7. I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water. What am I?

A. Echinoderm
B. Cnidarian
C. Arthropod
D. Mollusk

8. What is an invertebrate?
A. a mammal
B. birds
C. An animal without a backbone
D. An animal with a backbone

9. Spiders have two body segments and 8 legs. To which group it belongs?
A. Molluscs
B. Cnidarian
C. Arachnids
D. None of the above

10. Dichotomous key is a tool used to:

A. Identify and classify non living organisms
B. Classify invertebrates only
C. Identify and classify unknown living organisms
D. None of the above.

11. What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4

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 12. When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?
A. physical features
B. weather patterns
C. environment
D. diet

Part 2: Application ( /12)

1. (a) Scientists classify arthropods into four main groups depending on their
number of legs.
The diagrams show examples of three of these groups.
Draw straight lines to match each of the arthropods to its group.

All arthropods have jointed legs.

Describe two other characteristics that would identify an arthropod.
1 ………………………………………………

2 …………………………………………… [2]

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 2. The islands of Hawaii are home to around 40 species of birds called
honeycreepers. They have descended from an original species of honeycreeper
which is now extinct. Look at the diagram. It shows five species of honeycreeper.

This key can be used to identify four species of honeycreeper.

Use the key to identify species A and species D.

Species A …………………………….
Species D ………………………….

[2]

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 3. The diagrams A, B, C, D and E show five different invertebrate animals.

(a) (i) Which one of the animals is an insect?

Choose from A, B, C, D or E. …………………………………………..[1]
Give a reason for your answer.
………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(ii) Which one of the animals is an arachnid?

Choose from A, B, C, D or E. ………………………………………………… [1]

(b) Which one of the animals is not an arthropod?

Choose from A, B, C, D or E. ……………………………………………………………..[1]
Give a reason for your answer.
…………………………………………………………….. [1]

( c ) What characteristic is the same among all invertebrates? [1]

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 4. The scientific name of two bears are given below
 Polar bear – Ursus maritimus
 American black bear – Ursus americanus

i. Write the scientific names for each bear in a its proper ways: [1]

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ii. Explain why species need scientific name? [1]

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Part 3: Reasoning ( /6)

Referring to the above Pie-Chart:

a) What percentage of living organisms are invertebrates? _________________ (1)

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 b) What percentage of living organisms are arthropods? ___________________ (1)

c) Which percentage of living organisms is the least popular?_______________(1)

d) Based on the graph, which living organisms dominate the presence of other
organisms?(1)

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e) Analyse the results of the given pie chart. (2)

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