BIOLOGY DRILL

     Hello scholars in the house. Your weekly biology drill is ready. try to think through every questions, some are tricky.

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                                                                       DRILL

1.      The following characteristics differentiate living from non – living things except (a) feeding (b) respiration (c) growth (d) irritability

2.      Which of the following pairs of vital characteristics is common to all living organisms?  (a) reproduction and increase in size (b) photosynthesis and excretion (c) respiration and photosynthesis (d) reproduction and respiration

3.      A characteristics exhibited by all living organism is (a) sexual reproduction (b) aerobic respiration (c) the ability to move from one place to another (d) the ability to remove unwanted substances

4.      A characteristic that can possibly be shared by both living and non – living organisms is (a) locomotion (b) irritability (c) increase in biomass (d) increase in size

5.      All living organisms (a) photosynthesize (b) respire (c) move (d) feed

6.      Viruses are considered to be living organism because they (a) possess transmittable characters (b) move from one place to another (c) respond to stimulation (d) ingest food materials. 

7.      Viruses are regarded as non living because they (a) can neither reproduce asexually nor sexually (b) cannot survive in their respective environments (c) do not possess characteristics that can be transmitted from one generation to the next (d) can neither respire nor excrete

8.      When a virus is placed in a non living medium, it (a) becomes dehydrated  (b) forms spores (c) forms flagella (d) becomes crystallized

9.      All the following are examples of living things except (a) fish (b) crops (c) air (d) Chlamydomonas.

10.  Which of the following pairs of vital characteristics is common to all living organisms? (a) reproduction and increase in size (b) photosynthesis and excretion (c) respiration and photosynthesis (d) reproduction and respiration