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WorksheetsOrganization of Life
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
SCIENCE is...
a)
AWESOME!
b)
.
c)
.
d)
.
2.
Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:
a)
non-living
b)
plants
c)
living thing
d)
soil
3.
Identify an a example of an abiotic factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
sunlight
4.
What are the three categories of biotic factors?
a)
Producer, Decomposer, and Consumer
b)
Decomposer, Consumer, and Rocks
c)
Consumer, Water, and Producer
d)
Weather, Consumer, and Decomposer
5.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all _____ parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic
c)
abiotic
d)
living
6.
Carbon dioxide is an example of what kind of factor?
a)
biotic
b)
living
c)
dead
d)
abiotic
7.
The fish and algae in our class aquarium are examples of what type of factor?
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Abiotic factors
8.
An individual living thing is a/an __________.
a)
habitat
b)
ecosystem
c)
organism
d)
population
9.
The place where an organism lives is its _________.
a)
habitat
b)
abiotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
community
10.
A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area are called a/an ________.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
11.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
12.
A group of different species that live together and interact in an environment are called a/an ________.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
13.
Energy flow for an ecosystem starts with...
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
Neither
14.
Where did Charles Darwin study evolution?
a)
Canary Islands
b)
Galapagos Islands
c)
Bahamas
d)
Caribbean Sea
15.
Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?
a)
A snake unhinges its jaw to eat a rabbit it just caught.
b)
A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to pretend to be dead.
c)
A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
d)
A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.
16.
Which shows the effects of artificial selection?
a)
dairy cows
b)
cheetahs
c)
pandas
d)
viceroy butterflies
17.
Bacteria are good at adapting.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
18.
Genetic Mutations can make bacteria stronger and better able to resist antibiotics
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
19.
The two parts of a scientific name are the species name and the ______ name.
a)
Phylum
b)
Genus
c)
Kingdom
d)
Order
20.
What are the 7 levels of classification, listed in order from most specific to least specific?
a)
a. Kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species
b)
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
c)
Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
d)
Species, genus, order, class, family, phylum, kingdom
21.
For hundreds of years, people thought all living things belonged to one of two groups. What were the two groups?
a)
living and nonliving
b)
animals and flowers
c)
animals and plants
d)
microscopic and nonmicroscopic
22.
The scientific name for the common house cat is Felis domesticus. What is its species name?
a)
Felis
b)
house cat
c)
domesticus
d)
feline
23.
Vascular, seeded plants that contain seeds in cones (or naked seeds) are:
a)
angiosperms
b)
gymnosperms
c)
deciduous
d)
moss
24.
Bacteria that contain chlorophyll and perform photosynthesis like a plant belong in the group
a)
archaebacteria
b)
cyanobacteria
c)
chemoautographs
d)
pathogens
25.
Bacteria that contain chlorophyll and perform photosynthesis like a plant belong in the group
a)
archaebacteria
b)
cyanobacteria
c)
chemoautographs
d)
pathogens
26.
Archaebacteria live in extreme environments
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The first living organism probably belonged to which kingdom?
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Fungus
c)
Plant
d)
Animal
28.
Bacteria help you digest food.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Bacteria are
a)
prokaryotes
b)
eukaryotes
30.
Most bacteria are...
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotrophs
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