Levels of Classification Quiz

What is the broadest classification level?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

What is an organism that CAN make its own food called?

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

What is an organism's ability to maintain stable internal conditions called?

• Evolution

• Homeostasis

• Water

• Nucleus

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

What is the part of the cell that contains DNA and controls many of the cell's activities?

• Nucleus

• Autotroph

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What is the most abundant chemical and is needed to survive?

• Water

• Food

• Living space

• Stable internal conditions

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which group of organisms include only multicellular heterotrophs?

• Animals

• Protists

• Plants

• Fungi

What is the scientific study of how living things are classified called?

• Evolution

• Taxonomy

• Classification

• Homeostasis

What is the classification system in which each organism is given a unique, two-part scientific name indicating its genus and species called?

• Binomial nomenclature

• Dichotomous key

• Species

• Taxonomy

What is a tool created by scientists to help scientists and laypeople identify objects and organisms called?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Dichotomous key

What is a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce called?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Species