8th Grade Chapter 1 Quiz

A scientific name consists of 

• Genus and Order
• Genus and Domain
• Genus and species
• Kingdon and Phylum

 An autotroph feeds on other organisms?

• True 
• False

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A heterotroph means?

• feeds itself
• feeds on other organisms
• 2 word name
• 8 legged

Which term means "True Nucleus" or cell(s) with a nucleus?

• Eukaryotes
• Prokaryotes
• Multi-cellular

The 2 kingdoms that make up Prokaryotes are?

• Animals and Plants 
• Protists and Fungi
• Archea and Bacteria

All of the following are characteristics of all living things except....

• Have cell(s) 
• Need energy and water
• Need oxygen 
• Reproduce

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The science of classifying and naming organisms is ______________.

• evolution
• taxonomy
• grouping
• scientific names

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

• 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

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Homeostasis

• allows for a wildly fluctuating internal environment

• is impossible in vertebrates

• is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation

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What is the most basic unit of life?

• cell
• tissue
• organ
• organ system

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