General Exam 1 (VERY IMPORTANT)

1. Which of the following organisms is from the prokaryotic autotrophs?

a. Euglena.
b. Nostoc.
c. Riccia.
d. Chlamydomonas.

2. Each of Funaria and bread mould fungus shares in ………

a. being heterotrophic.
b. reproducing asexually by regeneration.
c. consisting of filaments adhering together by a gelatinous membrane.
d. Containing rhizoids

3. Which of the following is from the fungi that their spores are formed inside
sporangia?
a. Bread mould fungus.
b. Penicillium.
c. Mushroom.
d. Yeast fungus.
4. Mule belongs to order ……….
a. Carnivore
b. Perissodactyla
c. Artiodactyla
d. Primates
[Link] which of the following living organisms the fertilization is external?

6. The following figures represent two invertebrates, in which of the following is

animal (1) similar to animal (2)?
a. The method of respiration.
b. The eyes type.
c. The class to which they belong.
d. The body segments.
[Link] the following table which represents the characters of the three
vertebrates (X),(Y)&(Z):
Characters
From From The limbs(if The limbs (if
cold- warm- present) end present_)end
animal blooded blooded with 4 digits with 5digits
(X) _______
✔ _________
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(Y) ✔ _________ _________
✔
(Z) ________
✔ ✔ _______

Which of the following is correct about the classes to which those

animals (X), (Y) and (Z) belong respectively?
a. Aves / Reptilia / Mammalia.
b. Mammalia/Reptilia / Aves.
c. Mammalia / Aves / Amphibia.
d. Amphibia / Aves / Reptilia.

8. Which of the following is from the reasons of classifying the sponge as

an animal ?
a. Being immobile
b. Being heterotrophic
c. It reproduces sexually by gametes
d. Being multicellular

9. What happens in case of :

The absence of chaetae that are buried in the skin of most ringworms?
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 General Exam 2 (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. In the taxonomic hierarchy, which of the following levels contains the largest
number of living organisms ?
a. Family.
b. Genus.
c. Order.
d. Species.

2. Which of the following organisms don't reproduce by spores ?

a. Ascomycetes
b. Ferns
c. Sporozoans
d. Sponges

3. Which of the following plants forms flowers?

a. Lily
b. Pinus
c. Polypodium
d. Adiantum
4. Which of the following living organisms its(their) cell wall contain(s) silica ?
a. Archaebacteria
b. Eubacteria
c. Diatoms
d. Mushroom
5. Which of the following represents a difference between rhinoceros and deer?
a. The presence of horny hooves for each toe.
b. Suckling their young.
c. The class to which they belong.
d. The number of toes.
6. Which of the following is the reason for classifying each of Nostoc and Euglena
in two different kingdoms ?
a. Nostoc is unicellular, while Euglena is multicellular.
b. Nostoc is prokaryotic, while Euglena is eukaryotic.
c. Nostoc is autotrophic, while Euglena is heterotrophic.
d. Nostoc doesn't contain green plastids, while Euglena contains green plastids.
8. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. All the aquatic animals breathe by gills.
b. All fishes have air bladder.
c. Whales breathe by gills.
d. The bony fishes share the embryonic stages of amphibians in the method of
respiration.

9. Identify the opposite living organism, then

mention the phylum to which it belongs.
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General Exam 3 (VERY IMPORTANT)

1. Which of the following statements is wrong?
a. All mammals suckle their young.
b. Some mammals lay eggs.
c. All mammals have canines.
d. All mammals breathe by lungs.

2. Which of the following living organisms its body contains a gastrovascular

cavity?

[Link] is the difference between bony fishes and the adult stage of amphibians?
a. The type of fertilization.
b. The thermal equilibrium.
c. The method of respiration.
d. The sex separation.
4. At which of the following phyla the means of locomotion are varied?
a. Porifera
b. Mollusca
c. Echinodermata
d. Amphibia
 5. Which of the following statements is correct about the organisms of Protista ?
a. The majority have complex structure, as they are multicellular.
b. Their genetic material isn't surrounded by a nuclear membrane.
c. Some of them are similar to plants in the presence of green plastids.
d. All of them are pathogens.

6. Which of the following plants doesn't form seeds?

a. Cactus.
b. Pinus.
c. Cotton.
d. Polypodium.
7. Which of the following is correct about the opposite organism?
a. It belongs to subclass Eutheria.
b. It gives birth to its young and suckles them its milk.
c. It gets rid of urine and faeces from the same opening.
d. It belongs to order Carnivora.

8. What happens in case of : increasing the number of earthworms inside the soil?
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General Exam 4 (VERY IMPORTANT)

[Link] is the arrangement of the class in the taxonomic hierarchy of living
organisms?
a. It precedes the family and follows the genus.
b. It precedes the species and follows the phylum.
c. It precedes the order and follows the phylum.
d. It precedes the kingdom and follows the family.

2. Which of the following living organisms its nucleus isn't surrounded by a

nuclear membrane ?
a. Paramecium.
b. Diatoms.
c. Plasmodium.
d. Nostoc.
 3. Which of the following is (are) considered from the marine weeds that consist
of filaments adhering together by a gelatinous coat?
a. Spirogyra.
b. Fucus.
c. Polysiphonia.
d. Diatoms.

4. Which of the following animals its body is characterized by radial symmetry

and doesn't contain a head?
a. Sea cucumber.
b. Sea urchin.
c. Aurelia.
d. Sea star.

5. Which of the following is(are) from the higher vertebrates that live in water?
a. Lamprey.
b. Dolphins.
c. Sharks.
d. Ray fish.

6. The opposite figures represent two different species of living organisms.

What is the similarity between (1) and (2)?
a. Both move by tube-feet.
b. Both are unisexual.
c. Both reproduce asexually by regeneration.
d. Both move by spines.

7. which of the following has hard endoskeleton and isn’t classified as vertebrate ?
a. Aurelia
b. Hydra
c. Sea star
d. Sponge
 General Exam 5 (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. Two living organisms belong to the same phylum and differ in the order,
therefore it is expected that they are classified under the same……..

a. genus.
b. species.
c. class.
d. family.

2. Which of the following represents a heterotrophic living organism and contains

cell wall?
a. Lily plant.
b. Yeast.
c. Sponge.
d. Nostoc.
3. Which of the following living organisms contains chromatophores in its cells?

4. The two opposite figures represent two types of living organisms, in which are
both organisms similar?
a. The type of eyes.
b. The number of body regions.
c. The number of walking legs.
d. The presence of exoskeleton.
5. Which of the following living organisms
breathes by two different ways during its life cycle?
 6. If you know that (X), (Y) and (Z) represent three phyla of worms and their
mode of living as:
(X): Most of them are free living.
(Y): Some of them are parasites.
(Z): The majority are parasites.
Which of the following represents an example for each phylum?

(X) (Y) (Z)

a Planaria Leech worm Filaria worm
b Leech worm Bilharizia worm Ascaris worm
c Earthworm Filaria worm Tapeworm
d Filaria worm tapeworm Bilharizia worm

7. What is the difference between pigeon and bat?

a. The thermal stability.
b. The modification of the forelimbs.
c. The method of respiration.
d. The class to which they both belong.

8. "All aquatic animals breathe by gills". How far is this statement correct?

With explanation.
 General Exam 6 (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. What is the correct sequence of the following living organisms from the lower
advanced to the higher advanced?

a. Polypodium/Riccia / Diatoms/Nostoc.
b. Diatoms / Riccia / Polypodium / Nostoc.
c. Nostoc / Diatoms/Riccia / Polypodium.
d. Riccia / Nostoc / Diatoms/Polypodium.

2. In which does the living organism (X) share with the living organism (Y)?

a. They belong to the same division.

b. They are formed of segmented hyphae.
c. They have the same number of chromosomes.
d. They contain spores that produced inside asci.

3. which of the following living organisms is not considered from the higher algae ?

4. Study the two opposite figures no. (1) and (2), then answer: Which of the
following statements is correct?

a. The roots of figure no. (1) plants are fibrous.

b. The vascular bundles of figure no. (2) plants
arranged in a ring inside the stem.
c. Maize plant belongs to the plants of figure no.
(1).
d. The flowers of figure no. (2) plants have trimerous floral whorls or their multiplies.
 5. which of the following living organisms contains radula ?

6. Which of the following is considered correct about Euglena?

a. It belongs to kingdom Plantae, because it contains chloroplasts.

b. It belongs to kingdom Animalia, because it has a mean of locomotion.
c. It is considered from protozoans, because it is unicellular.
d. It is autotrophic, because it contains chloroplasts.
7. Design a bilateral dichotomous key for classifying the following living organisms:
(Amoeba - Polysiphonia - Fucus - Spirogyra)

Depending on the classification of the following characters, according to

their arrangement:

● Mode of nutrition (autotrophic or heterotrophic).

● The presence of chloroplasts or chromatophores.
● Colour of chromatophores (brown or red).

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 General Exam 7 (VERY IMPORTANT)
Animal Scientific name

(X) Panthera leo

(Y) Panthera tigris

1. The opposite table shows the scientific names for two mammals (X) and (Y), if
you know that animal (X) is from the family Felidae.
Which of the following is correct?
a. Animal (Y) is from the same family.
b. Animal (Y) has a different genus name from animal (X).
c. The individual that resulted from crossing (X) and (Y) doesn't carry any cats
characteristics.
d. The individual that resulted from crossing (X) and (Y) carries all the cats
characteristics.
2. What is the reason for belonging the opposite living organism to the division
Zygomycota?
a. It contains rhizoids.
b. It reproduces by producing spores.
c. It forms spores inside sporangia.
d. It is a multicellular organism.

3. Which of the following organisms obey(s) the classification system of Whittaker?

a. Viroids.
b. Malaria Plasmodium.
c. Prions.
d. COVID-19
4. The opposite figure represents the legs of two mammals, which of the
following statements is incorrect?
a. Both of them have four pentadactyl limbs.
b. Both of them are herbivorous animals.
c. Both of them are viviparous animals.
d. Mule is produced from their crossing.
 5. Which of the following organisms doesn't breathe by two lungs?
a. Crocodile.
b. Adult stage of frog.
c. Whale.
d. Embryonic stage of salamander.

6. Which of the following is correct about sea urchin and sea cucumber ?

Sea urchin Sea cucumber

(a) It moves by tube-feet It moves by arms

(b) Its body is segmented Its body is segmented

(c) It moves by spine It moves by tube-feet

(d) Its body is star-shaped Its body is cylindrical

Plant One of its characteristics

(X) The vascular bundles are scattered in the stem
(Y) Its leaves are simple-needle shape
(Z) It reproduces asexually by sporogony
7. The opposite table illustrates the characteristics of three plants (X),
(Y) and (Z), which of the following is considered an example for each of
(X), (Y) and (Z) respectively?
a. Palm / Polypodium / Pinus.
b. Lily/Pinus / Adiantum.
c. Adiantum / Pinus / Cactus.
d. Wheat/Cactus / Polypodium.

8. Explain: The spiny ant-eater isn't classified among the order Insectivora.
 General Exam 8 (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. If you know that the scientific name of bean plant is Vicia faba, what do the
two parts of the binomial name represent?
a. Phylum and family.
b. Genus and species.
c. Family and order.
d. Family and species.

2. Which of the following doesn't agree with the classification of plants that belong
to subclass dicotyledons?

3. The opposite living organism feeds by the structure no…..

a. (1)
b. (2)
c. (3)
d. (4)

4. What happens when we move from phylum Platyhelminthes to phylum

Nematoda till reaching phylum Annelida?
a. Parasitism increases and the free-living character decreases.
b. Parasitism decreases and the free-living character increases.
c. Parasitism decreases and the predation increases.
d. Free-living character decreases and the predation increases.
5. What is the living organism that contains the structure in the opposite figure?
a. Euglena.
b. Chlamydomonas.
c. Hydra.
d. Paramecium.
 6. Which of the following is applied to the plant that is illustrated in the opposite
figure?
a. Its leaves are feather-like shaped and it represents
Polypodium.
b. It is a terrestrial plant that doesn't contain xylem and
phloem.
c. It is a terrestrial plant that forms flowers and can't form
seeds.
d. Its roots are fibrous and may represent the lily plant.

7. In front of you, two types of living organisms, which of the following represents
a similarity between them?
a. The number of cells that form each one of
them.
b. The shape of the plastid.
c. The mean of locomotion.
d. The mode of nutrition.

8. The opposite figure shows a mammal,

illustrate how it is adapted for flying process.

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General Exam 9 (VERY IMPORTANT)

1. Each group in the levels of the taxonomic hierarchy includes
a. smaller numbers of organisms that share more common traits than the following
group.
b. smaller numbers of organisms that share less common traits than the preceding
group.
c. greater numbers of organisms that share more common traits than the preceding
group.
d. greater numbers of organisms that share less common traits than the following
group.
2. Which of the following living organisms whose genetic material is surrounded
by a nuclear envelope?
 3. Which of the following living organisms don't contain chlorophyll ?
a. Diatoms and sponge.
b. Polysiphonia and Chlamydomonas.
c. Euglena and Spirogyra.
d. Riccia and Polypodium.

4. Which of the following plants doesn't contain xylem tissue?

5. The opposite figure illustrates the thermal range

of the body temperature for two different species of
animals (X) and (Y). In the light of your
understanding for the thermal equilibrium, what can
be concluded from that?
a. (X)is from cold-blooded animals and (Y) is from warm-blooded animals.
b. (X) is from warm-blooded animals and (Y) is from cold-blooded animals.
c. Each of (X) and (Y) is from cold-blooded animals.
d. Each of (X) and (Y) is from warm-blooded animals.

6. Which of the following is considered an odd-toed animal and isn't able to

reproduce and mate ?

7. What are the standards upon which the opposite fish is classified?
a. The body is covered by scales that are similar to teeth.
b. The presence of paired and single fins.
c. The gills slits aren't covered.
d. The presence of ventral mouth.
8. Explain: the modification of posterior limbs in Aves to adapt with the mode of
living.
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 General Exam 10 (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. What is the correct sequence of the following living organisms from the lower
advanced to the higher advanced?
a. Monkey / Squirrel / Spiny ant-eater / Kangaroo.
b. Squirrel/ Kangaroo / Spiny ant-eater / Monkey.
c. Spiny ant-eater/Squirrel/ Kangaroo / Monkey.
d. Spiny ant-eater / Kangaroo / Squirrel / Monkey.

2. Which of the following organisms differs from the others in the method of
nutrition ?
a. Lamprey.
b. Aurelia.
c. Leech.
d. Plasmodium.

3. If you know that the number of chromosomes in the somatic cells of a female
horse and a male donkey are 64 and 62 chromosomes respectively. So,what is
the number of chromosomes in the somatic cells of mule ?
a. 65
b. 64
c. 63
d. 62

4. Which of the following organisms is the most advanced organism?

a. Funaria.
b. Polysiphonia.
c. Pinus.
d. Spirogyra.
5. The opposite figures represent two invertebrates, in which do they share?
a. The body structure.
b. The type of reproduction.
c. The mean of locomotion.
d. The genus.
 6. The two opposite figures represent the leaves of two types of plants,
which of the following is correct about the two figures?
a. Both of them are simple plants.
b. Plant (1) contains xylem and phloem,
while plant (2) doesn't contain xylem and phloem.
c. Both of them contain xylem and phloem.
d. Plant (1) is a simple plant, while plant (2) is a complex
plant.

7. Which of the following is considered a reason for non-classifying the

dinoflagellates from phylum Pyrrophyta ?
a. The body structure.
b. The number of flagella.
c. The type of reproduction.
d. The mode of nutrition.

8. Show: one difference between the two living organisms no. (1) and
(2) after dissecting each one.

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