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Characteristics & Exploring Life

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The building block of all living organisms.
a)
cell
b)
organisim
c)
kingdom
d)
species 
2.
Something that has all the characteristics of life.
a)
cell 
b)
organism
c)
kingdom
d)
species 
3.
A group of similar organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring.
a)
cell
b)
organism
c)
kingdom
d)
species
4.
A living thing that is only one cell its entire life. 
a)
genus
b)
eukaryote
c)
unicellular
d)
multicellular
5.
An organism made of more than 1 cell.
a)
prokaryote
b)
eukaryote
c)
unicellular
d)
multicellular
6.
Literally "two word naming system", how we get the scientific name.
a)
phylogeny
b)
taxonomy
c)
binomial nomenclature
d)
Carl Linnaeus 
7.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
8.
Which is the correct order of the levels of classification of living organisms?
a)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
b)
Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus, Species
c)
Kingdom, Phylum, Family, Class, Order, Genus, Species
d)
Species, Genus, Family, Class, Order, Phylum, Kingdom
9.
What are the three Domains?
a)
Archaea, Bacteria, and Mammalia
b)
Archaea, Protista, and Eubacteria
c)
Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
d)
Archaea, Fungi, Animalia
10.
The most specific level of classification is 
a)
Domain
b)
Kingdom
c)
Genus
d)
Species
11.

In the mnemonic, "Do Koalas Prefer Chocolate Or Fruit, Generally Speaking" Cards On Freeway? Get Smashed," the "F" stands for __________.

a)

Fish

b)

Fungi

c)

Family

d)

Fifty

12.
Which characteristic of life is shown when you step out into the cold and your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6 F?
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
13.
Which characteristic of life is shown when green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis?
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
14.
Which characteristic of life is shown when a caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly?
a)
All living things adapt to their environment
b)
All living things use energy
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
15.
Which characteristic of life is shown when the roots of a plant grow towards a source of ground water.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things reproduce
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
16.
Which characteristic of life is shown when, over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapts to its surrounding with brown fur?
a)
All living things adapt to their environment
b)
All living things grow
c)
All living things use energy
d)
All living things have cells
17.
All living things are made up of cells. 
a)
True
b)
False
18.
The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:
a)
compensating
b)
homeostasis
c)
balancing
d)
routine
19.
What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
d)
How animals evolve throughout time.
20.
Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5'11".
a)
All living things contain cells
b)
All living things maintain homeostasis
c)
All living things use energy
d)
All living things grow
21.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they are not made of cells
d)
they don't break down
22.
Living things require energy to survive.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The prefix uni- means
a)
many
b)
the same
c)
one
d)
different
24.
What does reproduce mean?
a)
They grow - get larger
b)
They are living things
c)
Organisms make other organisms
25.

What piece is the platform that supports the microscope slide?

a)

Base

b)

Diaphragm

c)

Stage Clips

d)

Stage

26.

What piece holds the microscope slide in place ?

a)

Base

b)

Diaphragm

c)

Stage Clips

d)

Stage

27.

What piece is a larger knob used to get the image mostly in focus?

a)

Stage

b)

Fine Adjustment Knob

c)

Arm

d)

Coarse Adjustment Knob

28.

What are the different amounts of magnification on our microscopes?

a)

0x, 5x, 10x

b)

4x, 10x, 40x

c)

1x, 2x, 3x

d)

10x, 100x, 1000x

29.
Who was the person who used his microscope to observe a thin slice of cork, and concluded that the cork was made up of cells?
a)
Robert Hooke
b)
Bill Nye
c)
Matthias Schleiden
d)
Rudolf Virchow
30.

What piece is a smaller knob used to get the image even more focused?

a)

Stage

b)

Fine Adjustment Knob

c)

Arm

d)

Coarse Adjustment Knob

31.

What does each Domain have in common?

a)

they have the same type of cells

b)

they are all eukarya

c)

they can produce fertile offspring

d)

they have a similar body plan

32.

How many different Kingdoms are there?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

about 110

d)

too many to count

33.

What does each Species have in common?

a)

they have the same type of cells

b)

they are all eukarya

c)

they can produce fertile offspring

d)

they have a similar body plan

34.

In the scientific name Carassius auratus (a goldfish), what is the Genus?

a)

Carassius

b)

Auratus

c)

Carassius auratus

d)

Binomial nomenclature

35.

In the scientific name Carassius auratus (a goldfish), what is the Species?

a)

Carassius

b)

Auratus

c)

Carassius auratus

d)

Binomial nomenclature

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