Unit 3 Mid-Unit Survey of Living Things 1

What is an autotroph?

• an organism that can make its own food. 
• an organism that cannot make its own food
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from external sources are called

• autotrophs
• heterotrophs
• thylakoids
• plants

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

Term given to describe the two-name naming system is:

• dichotomous key
• binomial nomenclature
• 2 scientific names
• binomial key

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• dichotomous keys
• phylogeny
• taxonomy
• binomial nomenclature

This domain is characterized by ancient bacteria that can live in extreme environments, such as volcanoes.

• Archaea
• Bacteria
• Eukarya
• Prokarya

What are the three domains?

• Archaea, Bacteria, and Eubacteria
• Archaea, Protists, and Eubacteria
• Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
• Archaea, Fungi, Animalia

This domain contains organisms that have a true nucleus in each of their cells. This domain breaks down into four kingdoms.

• Animalia
• Archaea
• Bacteria
• Eukarya

You have just discovered a new organism that can make its own food, has a nucleus and is unicellular. To which domain does this organism belong?

• Bacteria
• Archaea
• Eukarya
• Plantae