Characteristics and classification of living organisms

A reaction to a stimuli is also known as a

• Stimuli

• Response

• Photosynthesis

• Autotroph

What two levels make up the scientific name of an organism?

• Kingdom and Species

• Phylum and Species

• Genus and Species

• Genus and Phylum

Which one of these make their own food?

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

If your shoe size goes from a size 5 to a size 7, which characteristic does this show?

• Responding to stimuli

• Growing

• Using energy

• Responding to stimuli

At what level of classification are organisms able to breed and have offspring of the same kind? It is the MOST specific level.

• Species

• Genus

• Family

• Kingdom

The levels of classification from most broad to most specific are:

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

• Genus, Family, Kingdom, Species, Phylum, Order

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Species, Genus

Which of these are examples of stimuli?

• Change in temperature

• Change in sound

• Change in light intensity

• Change in amount of water

• Change in types and amounts of food

As you move from the phylum, class, order classification levels what do you recognize?

• More organisms with more in common

• Fewer organisms with more in common

• More organisms with less in common

• Fewer organisms with less in common

At the genus level of classification:

• Organisms have nothing in common

• Organisms are closely related

• Organisms are exactly the same

• Organisms have one character in common

Which two phyla can the animal kingdom be split into?

• Vascular and Nonvascular

• Carnivores and Herbivores

• Autotrophs and Heterotrophs

• Vertebrates and Invertebrates