Chapter 1 Introduction to Living Things

One characteristic used to place organisms into kingdoms is

• how they move

• where they live

• their ability to make food.

• their ability to reproduce.

Which group of organisms includes only multicellular heterotrophs?

• protists

• bacteria

• plants

• animals

Which is the broadest classification level?

• family

• domain

• phylum

• species

What is taxonomy?

• the scientific study of how living things are classified

• the name of Aristotle's classification system

• the process used by geologists to classify rocks

• the process of observing an organism's behavior

An organism's scientific name consists of

• its class name and its family name.

• its kingdom name and its phylum name.

• its genus name and its species name.

• its phylum name and its species name.

A plant grows toward the light. The plant's action is an example of

• reproduction.

• a response.

• a stimulus.

• development.

Spontaneous generation is a mistaken idea because living things

• exhibit binomial nomenclature.

• are produced only by living things.

• do not reproduce.

• maintain homeostasis.

Which kingdoms include both unicellular and multicellular organisms?

• fungi and plants

• fungi and protists

• protists and animals

• protists and plants

Organisms that make their own food are called

• autotrophs

• heterotrophs

The first word in an organism's scientific name is its____________

• species

• genus