8th grade CH 3 Test Review

Aristotle’s “ladder of life” placed nonliving things on the lowest rung.

• True

• False

Aristotle devised the system of binomial nomenclature.

• True

• False

Taxonomists organized all living things into two kingdoms until scientists started to travel into rain forests and found so many other creatures.

• True

• False

Bacteria and archaea are in the same domain and are very alike.

• True

• False

Binomial nomenclature indicates an organism’s

• common name

• species and kingdom

• genus and species

• species

Which are examples of prokaryotes?

• viruses and bacteria

• amoebas and euglenas

• fungi

• bacteria

One type of organism that is not classified into one of the six kingdoms is

• bacteria

• algae

• virus

• sponge

Some of the terms used to classify organisms come from the following language:

• Latin

• French

• English

• Greek

Protists are important organisms because

• they are a major food source for humans

• they produce much of the oxygen that living things breathe

• they prevent erosion of plant roots

• all of the above

Fungi are important organisms because

• they transport important nutrients from soil to tree roots

• they are used to make antibiotics

• they are useful in making cheese and bread

• all of the above

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