6th grade St.Pius Science Chapters 1 and 2 quiz

What is the biosphere?

• part of the earth that is land

• part of the earth that is living

• part of the earth that can support living things

• part of the earth that has the most livings

Each organism in the biosphere _____________ with other organisms and the _____________.

• competes, land

• interacts, oceans

• interacts, environment

• competes, environment

An example of an adaptation is

• a cat fights with another cat

• a camel stores water

• a cow looks exactly like another cow

• a fungus reproduces with spores

How do scientists group organisms into a species?

• eating habits

• the way they look

• where they live

• their ability to mate with one another

Bacteria cells are different from the cells of other organisms because

• bacteria cells need oxygen

• bacteria cells are much longer

• bacteria cells have no nucleus

• bacteria cells need carbon dioxide

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Which group would organisms have very similar characteristics but cannot mate with one another?

• class

• genus

• family

• species

____________ are classified as chordates

• insects

• arthropods

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

Some species that no longer exist won't be identified because

• their remains are at the bottom of the oean

• the species left no fossil evidence

• the species were all eaten

• the species evolved

__________________ live in in damp , dark places, produce chemicals that break down organisms, and are multi cellular.

• bacteria

• fungus

• protists

• vertebrates

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Which group do you find organisms that share the most similar characteristics?

• class

• family

• species

• kingdon