Animal Processes and Defenses

Which is NOT a characteristic of living things?

• Obtain resources

• Ability to walk

• Grow and develop

• Respond to stimuli

What are heterotrophs? (Choose TWO answers)

• An example is plants

• They find food

• An example is animals

• They make food

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the study of how scientists classify organisms?

• Genus

• Structures

• Phylum

• Taxonomy

What is the correct order of classification?

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

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

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

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

What makes up an organism's scientific name?

• Genus and species

• Species and class

• Class and Order

• Genus and Order

Organisms of the same _____ can breed with one another

• Class

• Genus

• Species

• Family

Based on the chart, what is the species name for a dolphin?

• Tursiops odontoceti

• Delphinidae truncatus

• Tursiops truncatus

• Truncatus tursiops

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The broadest classification in the order of classification is?

• Kingdom 
• Phylum 
• Class 
• Order

The most specific of the classifications is?

• class 
• order 
• genus 
• species

Which of the following describes homeostasis?

• keeps variables exactly at the set point

• organism's ability to maintain steady(stable) internal conditions

• acts to keep values outside of a desired range

• operates through positive feedback

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3