Living Organisms 6th Grade

The food web above represents organisms in a terrestrial ecosystem. Which of the following statements best describes the shared characteristics among the organisms?

• Most of the organisms shown in the food web are made of cells.

• All of the organisms shown in the food web are composed of one or more cells

• Only the organisms from the Kingdom Animalia shown in the food web have cells

• Organisms in the food web can be classified as prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

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Students discover an organism in a hot sulfur spring and want to classify the organism into its domain.

Based on the organism's characteristics, which of the following domain(s) could the organism belong to?

• Archaea only

• Eukarya or Archaea

• Eukarya or Bacteria

• Archaea or Bacteria

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The diagram below represents two living organisms that are classified in the same domain, but are in different kingdoms.

Which of the following basic characteristics best differentiates these two living organisms?

• Prokaryotic and eukaryotic

• Unicellular and multicellular

• Autotrophic and heterotrophic

• Asexual and sexual reproduction

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Which list of characteristics below describes organisms classified in the Kingdom Plantae?

• Multicellular, prokaryotic, heterotrophic

• Unicellular, prokaryotic, autotrophic

• Multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

• Unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

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Use the picture to answer the questions

Which of these lists only the biotic parts of this ecosystem?

• sun, water, leaves

• tree, cloud, crane

• cloud, shrimp, water

• snake, tree, monkey

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Use the picture below the answer the following questions

Which of the following correctly sequences the levels of organization form simple to most complex

• Population, community organisms, ecosystem

• Community, organism, population, ecosystem

• Organism, community, population, ecosystem

• Organism, population, community, ecosystem

Which statement below best identifies the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?

• Prokaryotic cells lack a cell membrane

• Prokaryotic cells lack a membrane-bound nucleus.

• Eukaryotic cells lack a cell membrane.

• Eukaryotic cells lack a membrane-bound nucleus.

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Scientists study the characteristics of organisms within an ecosystem in order to classify the organisms into domains. All of the following are a domain except-

• Chordta

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Eukarya

All of the organisms pictured have cells that contain a nucleus. These organisms can be classified as-

• unicellular

• autotrophic

• eukaryotic

• prokaryotic

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Organisms are classified into Kingdoms based on specific characteristics. Which type of organism has a nucleus, is multicellular, and produces its own food for energy through a process called photosynthesis?

• fern

• sponge

• fungus

• protozoan

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