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WorksheetsLiving Things and Classification
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT one of the five kingdoms?
a)
Plants
b)
Monerans
c)
Insectd
d)
Protists
2.
What is another name for a phylum in the plant kingdom?
a)
group
b)
taxomony
c)
genus
d)
division
3.
Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of all living things?
a)
obtaining and using resources for energy
b)
responding to stimuli
c)
eating or consuming food
d)
reproducing
4.
Which kingdom grows on other organisms in order to get food?
a)
Plants
b)
Animals
c)
Fungi
5.
Which of the following means to get larger and more complex?
a)
growth and development
b)
responding to a stimulus
c)
taxonomy
d)
to produce offspring
6.
Organisms are placed into a kingdom based on which of the following?
a)
the number of cells in their body and their ability to breed
b)
their ability to make food and the number of cells in their body
c)
their ability to breed and ability to make food
7.
Which type of reproduction only involves one parent?
a)
asexual
b)
sexual
c)
autotrophic
d)
heterotrophic
8.
Which is the correct order of the levels of classification?
a)
kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, species, genus
b)
species, order, phylum, family, class, kingdom, genus
c)
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family genus, species
9.
Which of the following describes a moneran?
a)
one celled organism with a nucleus
b)
one celled organism without a nucleus
10.
What does obtain mean?
a)
to get or acquire
b)
to release or let go
c)
to store or hold onto
11.
What are offspring?
a)
an organism’s source for energy
b)
an organism’s children
c)
an organism’s division
12.
What type of reproduction makes offspring that are similar, but not identical, to parents?
a)
asexual reproduction
b)
sexual reproduction
c)
autotrophic
d)
heterotrophic
13.
Which level of classification includes organisms of the same type that are able to breed?
a)
species
b)
genus
c)
kingdom
d)
family
14.
What is the definition of a stimulus?
a)
a change in the environment that causes an organism to die
b)
a change in the environment that causes an organism to reproduce
c)
a change in the environment that causes an organism to react
15.
What is taxonomy?
a)
the study of how dead animals are stuffed
b)
the study of classification
c)
the study of giving money to the government
16.
Which word can be used to describe any living thing?
a)
taxonomy
b)
protists
c)
organism
d)
autotroph
17.
Which process uses sunlight to make food?
a)
photosynthesis
b)
respiration
c)
taxification
d)
classification
18.
Which of the following describes a protist?
a)
mostly one celled organism with a nucleus
b)
mostly one celled organism without a nucleus
c)
organism that can make its own food
d)
organism that cannot make its own food
19.
Which process turns food into usable energy?
a)
photosynthesis
b)
respiration
c)
taxification
d)
classification
20.
What is an organism’s reaction to a stimulus?
a)
classification
b)
development
c)
response
d)
taxification
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