Living things & taxonomy

Some plants close their leaves when something

touches them. This is an example of an organism:

• responding to a stimulus

• growing and developing

• obtaining and using energy

A tadpole changes into a frog when it loses its tail and

gains four legs. This shows which characteristic of living

things?

• response to stimuli

• growth and development

• reproduction

For two organisms to be able to breed and

produce offspring (reproduce) they have to

share classification levels all the way down

to what level?

• Phylum

• Family

• Species

A bottlenose dolphin is known scientifically

as Tursiops truncatus. The bottlenose

dolphin's scientific name is composed of

its:

• Kingdom and Phylum

• Genus and Species

• Family and Genus

Organisms are organized by kingdom based on their ability to make food and what other characteristics?

• The number of cells in their body (multicellular or unicellular).

• How they reproduce (sexual or asexual).

• How they grow and develop.

Which sequence shows the levels of classification in order, from broadest to most

specific?

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

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

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

Wolves hunt for moose or elks in Yellowstone Park.

Which of these categories do wolves fall into?

• autotrophs

• unicellular

• heterotrophs

Energy is released from yeast when it consumes

sugar and gives off carbon dioxide gas. What is this

process called?

• photosynthesis

• transpiration

• cellular respiration

The animal kingdom is often broken down into what

two groups?

• genus and species

• vertebrates and invertebrates

• autotrophs and heterotrophs

Plants can produce their own food through

photosynthesis. Organisms that can do this are called:

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

• fungi