Quiz about Characteristics and Classification of Life Review Game

Question 1

From the animals in the image, what do all four animals have in common?

Accepted Answer

They are composed of cells

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They reproduce asexually

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They have similar means of locomotion

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They have the same internal structures

Question 2

What do all organisms need to survive?

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energy

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blood

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carbon dioxide

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soil

Question 3

What substance provides heterotrophs with their main source of energy?

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food

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sleep

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water

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sunlight

Question 4

Which group is made up of organisms that are all members of the same kingdom?

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fern, rose bush, and corn

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cat, frog, and mushroom

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mold, bacteria, and apple tree

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grass, worm, and shark

Question 5

Living things are classified autotrophs or heterotrophs according to:

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How they obtain food

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How many cells do they have

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Do they have a nucleus

Question 6

Which is true for all organisms pictured?

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They contain at least one cell

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They carry out photosynthesis (make their own food)

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They are multicellular

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They are consumers

Question 7

Which illustration is an example of a multicellular organism?

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Hydra

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Euglena

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Paramecium

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Amoeba

Question 8

Which of the organisms shown below consists of only one cell?

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Amoeba

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Pine tree

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Mushroom

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Earhworm

Question 9

What is the difference between a prokaryote and eukaryote?

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Prokaryotes: do not have a nucleus; Eukaryotes: have a nucleus

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Prokaryotes: are plant cells; Eukaryotes: are animal cells

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Prokaryotes: have a nucleus; Eukaryotes: do not have a nucleus

Question 10

Which of these organisms is classified as a vertebrate?

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Cat

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Worm

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Spider

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Crab

Question 11

Which organism shown is classified as non-vascular?

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Moss

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Tree

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Cactus

Question 12

If a species is no longer able to reproduce, it will:

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become extinct

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live longer

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find a mate

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nothing

Question 13

A change in the environment that causes a response is known as a:

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stimulus

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response

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action

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result

Question 14

The diagram shows a cell. This cell would be found in which type of organism?

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eukaryote

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prokaryote

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bacteria

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Thermophile

Question 15

Which of the following is the correct way to write a scientific name by hand?

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capitalize the Genus, lowercase the species, and underline

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Lower case both genus and species, and italicize

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Lowercase both the genus and species, and underline

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Capitalize both the genus and species, and underline

Question 16

What is an autotroph?

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organism that can make it's own food

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organism that can not make it's own food

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organism that does not reproduce

Question 17

What is an heterotroph?

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organism that can not make it's own food

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organism that does not reproduce

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organism that can make it's own food

Question 18

How do decomposers, like fungi, obtain their food?

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they absorb food (nutrients) from dead organisms

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consume other living things

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they make their own food

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using sunlight

Question 19

Microorganisms cause disease and are used in making cheese. This relationship can be?

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beneficial or harmful

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beneficial only

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harmful only

Question 20

What Kingdom do microorganisms that cause disease and make cheese belong to?

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Eubacteria

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Archaebacteria

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Animalia

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Plantae

Question 21

What is a common feature of both the eagle and the kingfisher?

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Claws curved

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Toes webbed

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claws large

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Claws small

Question 22

What is the nutrient source for most fungi?

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dead organisms

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plants

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living organisms

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sunlight

Question 23

How are a bird and a plant classified?

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different kingdoms, different species

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same kingdom, different species

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same kingdom, same species

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different kingdoms, same species

Question 24

Which organism is classified as vascular?

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Tree

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Moss

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Fern

Question 25

A scientific name consists of what 2 levels of classification?

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Genus and species

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Kingdom and phylum

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Genus and family

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Family and order

Question 26

Which of the following are characteristics that are used to classify living things into groups?

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How many cells does the organism have?

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How does the organism move?

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Where does the organism live?

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How big is the organism?

Question 27

Which of the following are characteristics that are used to classify living things into groups?

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Do the cells of the organism have a nucleus?

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How does the organism breathe?

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How does the organism move?

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Where does the organism live?

Question 28

Which of the following are characteristics that are used to classify living things into groups?

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How does the organism obtain food?

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How does the organism breathe?

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How does the organism move?

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Where does the organism live?

Question 29

Which of the following are examples of the characteristic: How many cells does the organism have?

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unicellular or multicellular

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prokaryote or eukaryote

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autotroph or heterotroph

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dead or alive

Question 30

Which of the following are examples of the characteristic: Do the cells of the organism have a nucleus?

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prokaryote or eukaryote

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unicellular or multicellular

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autotroph or heterotroph

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dead or alive

Question 31

Which of the following are examples of the characteristic: How does the organism obtain food?

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autotroph or heterotroph

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unicellular or multicellular

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prokaryote or eukaryote

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dead or alive

Question 32

According to the graph, which of the following kingdoms has more members than Fungi?

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Animalia and Plantae

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Animalia

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Plantae

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Protista

Question 33

According to the graph, approximately how many species are found in the kingdom Animalia?

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1,000,100

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100,000

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250,000

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50,000

Question 34

Which Kingdom do the Euglena, Paramecium, and Amoeba represent?

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Protista

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Animalia

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Fungi

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Plantae

Question 35

What is wrong with the following scientific name: canis familiaris

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Genus needs to be capitalized (fist letter)

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Species needs to be capitalized (first letter)

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The name needs to be underlined

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Nothing in wrong

Question 36

What is wrong with the following scientific name: Felis domesticus

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Scientific name needs to be in italics

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Genus needs to be lowercase

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Species needs to be uppercase

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nothing is wrong

Question 37

What is wrong with the following scientific name: Felis Domesticus

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Species needs to be lowercase

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Genus needs to be lowercase

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Scientific name needs to be underlined

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nothing is wrong

Question 38

What is an example of a autotroph?

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Plant

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Mr. Simonds

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Tiger

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Ant

Question 39

What is an example of a heterotroph?

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Mr. Simonds

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Plant

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Flower

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Tree

Question 40

Which level of classification has the most members?

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Kingdom

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Phylum

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Species

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Class

Question 41

Which level of classification fewest members?

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Species

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Phylum

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Class

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Kingdom

Question 42

Which level of classification do the members have the most characteristics in common?

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Genus

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Phylum

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Class

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Kingdom

Question 43

Which level of classification do the members have the least characteristics in common?

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Phylum

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Genus

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Class

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Order

Question 44

How could you tell if a plant is vascular?

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It is tall

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It is small

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It is not living

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It has veins and arteries

Question 45

How could you tell if a plant is non-vascular?

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It is small

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It is not living

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It is tall

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It has veins and arteries

Question 46

According to the classification chart, which organisms are the most similar to each other?

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Wolf and Dog

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Dandelion and Wolf

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Dandelion and Dog

Question 47

Bacteria have this type of cell:

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prokaryote

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eukaryote

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They are not made of cells

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multicellular

Question 48

How do decomposers obtain their food?

Accepted Answer

absorbing nutrients from dead organisms

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eating other living things

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make their own food by photosynthesis

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they don't eat

Question 49

For something to be considered living, it would have all of the characteristics EXCEPT:

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ability to breath

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cells

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metabolism

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growth and development

Question 50

What is the name of the person that helps you to remember all of the characteristics of life?

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Mrs. D. Chag

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Mrs. S. Chag

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Mrs. G Chase

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Ms. Galgon

Question 51

What would be placed in the missing box?

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Fungi

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Archae

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Bacteria

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Femalia

Question 52

Which of the following is NOT a recognized domain for classification of living things?

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Protists

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Archae

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Bacteria

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Eukarya

Question 53

What domain would a lion be found in?

Accepted Answer

Eukarya

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Archae

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Protista

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Bacteria

Question 54

Which is a characteristic of the missing box?

Accepted Answer

Unicellular

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Only found in water

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Eukaryotic

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Multicellular

Characteristics and Classification of Life Review Game

54 questions

From the animals in the image, what do all four animals have in common?

What do all organisms need to survive?

What substance provides heterotrophs with their main source of energy?

Which group is made up of organisms that are all members of the same kingdom?

Living things are classified autotrophs or heterotrophs according to:

Which is true for all organisms pictured?

Which illustration is an example of a multicellular organism?

Which of the organisms shown below consists of only one cell?

What is the difference between a prokaryote and eukaryote?

Which of these organisms is classified as a vertebrate?

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