Unit 7 Review

All living things share some characteristics.  For example, all organisms - 

• are made up of one or more cells.

• make their own food from sunlight.

• have a skeleton to provide support.

• emerge, at birth from some type of egg.

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A science teacher took her class out into a field near the school. She instructed groups of students to find three different objects that were all composed of cells, and bring them back to her. In the table below, the teacher recorded the items that each group returned with. Which group found three objects that are all made of cells?

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4

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Each of the illustrations below shows either a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.  Each cell is numbered. 

Which two cells should be classified as prokaryotic cells? Select all of the answers that apply.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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The broadest taxonomic group for classifying living organisms is the

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Family

• Genus

Scientists recently discovered an organism living in a very unique environment. The information in the box below describes some of the organism’s characteristics. Which domain and kingdom would be the correct classification for this organism?

• Domain Bacteria and kingdom Eubacteria

• Domain Eukarya and kingdom Archaebacteria

• Domain Archaea and kingdom Eubacteria

• Domain Archaea and kingdom Archaebacteria  

Use the table below and what you have learned about taxonomic classification to complete the information in the table below. Choose the best answer for each spot.

• 1. Animalia

  2.Plantae

• 1.Archae

  2.Bacteria

• 1.Protista

  2.Plantae

• 1.Plantae

  2.Animalia

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What word best completes the diagram?

• habitat

• Biome

• census

• Community

Which of the following is a description of an abiotic factor that makes up part of a desert habitat?

• Sparse growth of cottonwood trees

• Extremes of day and night temperatures

• Few large predators, such as coyotes

• Leafless, waxy-coated plant with sharp spines 

Years ago, wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone Park. Research showed that these wolves could help stabilize the declining ecosystem. What type of factors are wolves in the ecosystem?

•  Abiotic factors

• Limiting factors.

• Biotic factors

• Competitive factors

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Pictured below is a chart containing characteristics of different kingdom classifications. What options correctly fill in the rest of the chart?

• Many, heterotrophic, asexual

• One, autotrophic, sexual and asexual

• Many, autotrophic, sexual and asexual

• Many, heterotrophic, sexual

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