NEW INDIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL – MANGAF, KUWAIT
IGCSE
BIOLOGY- WORK SHEET 1
CHAPTER 1 – CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING
ORGANISMS
Name: ______________________ Date Of Submission: 28.04.2025
1. A rat has the scientific name Rattus rattus.
What do the two parts of this name refer to?
A. genus and species
B. kingdom and genus
C. kingdom and species
D. variety and genus
2. The diagram shows a bird that lives near rivers.
Use the key to identify the bird shown in the diagram.
i. Toes joined by a flap of skin ........................... go to 2
toes separate ................................................. A heron
ii. beak as long or longer than the head ............ go to 3
beak not as long as the head ........................ B little grebe
iii. 3 top of head black ........................................... C avocet
top of head white ........................................... D mute swan
3. Phototropism demonstrates which two characteristics of living organisms?
A. growth and nutrition
B. growth and sensitivity
C. movement and nutrition
D. nutrition and sensitivity
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4. What is a correct way of naming an organism using the binomial system?
A. Common buttercup
B. ranunculus acris
C. Ranunculus acris
D. Ranunculus sp
5. The diagram shows a leaf.
6. The diagram shows some leaves and flowers of different plants.
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Which are from monocotyledons?
A. 1 and 3
B. B 1 and 5
C. 2 and 4
D. 2 and 5
7. Some lizards detach their tails when threatened by a predator.
Which characteristic is shown?
A. Excretion
B. growth
C. reproduction
D. Sensitivity
8. Which group does not contain animals that are arthropods?
A. annelids
B. arachnids
C. crustaceans
D. Insects
9. The statements describe four different plants.
Which plant must be a monocotyledon?
A. The flowers are wind pollinated.
B. The flowers each have five petals.
C. The leaves are large with a clear network of veins on them.
D. The leaves have parallel veins.
10. All fish, all birds and all mammals are
A. animals with internal fertilisation.
B. carnivores.
C. vertebrates.
D. warm-blooded animals.
11. The diagram shows an animal.
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Use the key to identify this animal.
i. body covered with scales ...................... go to 2
body covered with hair .......................... go to 3
ii. has a rounded bill .................................. A
has a pointed bill ................................... B
iii. has webbed feet .................................... C
does not have webbed feet ................... D
12. Many snakes that belong to the viper family are unusual in that they give birth to live
young.
This is usually a characteristic of which vertebrate group?
A. amphibians
B. Birds
C. bony fish
D. Mammals
13. Lichens are formed from two different organisms living together.
Organism X and organism Y are found in most lichens.
The table shows some of the characteristics of organism X and organism Y.
Which kingdoms do X and Y belong to?
X Y
A Fungus Prokaryote
B Fungus Protoctist
C Protoctist Fungus
D Protoctist Plant
14. Following figure is an electron micrograph showing the bacteria, Vibrio cholerae
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Bacteria are prokaryotes. State two distinguishing features of all prokaryotes.
(i) ………………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………
15. Name the vertebrate group that contains lizards.
(i) …………………………………………………………………………………….
16. Myriapods are a group of arthropods that are commonly found in soil habitats in many
parts of the world. Many myriapods are very small and not easy to identify.
Fig. shows four species of myriapod, not drawn to the same scale.
State three features of all myriapods that are visible in Figure.
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(i) ………………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………
(iii) ………………………………………………………………………………………
17. Arachnids, crustaceans, insects and myriapods are all classified as arthropods. Scorpions,
such as Heterometrus swammerdami shown in Figure are arachnids.
State three features, shown by H. swammerdami and visible in Fig. that arachnids share
with other arthropods.
(i) ………………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………
(iii) ………………………………………………………………………………………
18. A population of a species of fish was accidentally introduced into a lake.
State two features that can be used to classify this introduced species as a fish
(i) ……………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) …………………………………………………………………………………….