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WorksheetsChapter 1 Vocabulary Test - Exploring and Classifying Life
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
two-word naming system that gives all organisms their scientific name
a)
binomial nomenclature
b)
biogenesis
c)
phylogeny
d)
spontaneous generation
2.
theory that living things come only from other living things
a)
binomial nomenclature
b)
biogenesis
c)
homeostasis
d)
spontaneous generation
3.
smallest unit of an organism that can carry on life functions
a)
cell
b)
kingdom
c)
organism
d)
genus
4.
standard to which the outcome of a test is compared
a)
variable
b)
scientific methods
c)
theory
d)
control
5.
first word of the two-word scientific name used to identify a group of similar species
a)
kingdom
b)
genus
c)
spontaneous generation
d)
cell
6.
regulation of an organism's internal, life-maintaining conditions
a)
phylogeny
b)
biogenesis
c)
homeostasis
d)
spontaneous generation
7.
prediction that can be tested
a)
law
b)
hypothesis
c)
theory
d)
control
8.
first and largest category used to classify organisms
a)
kingdom
b)
binomial nomenclature
c)
genus
d)
organism
9.
statement about how things work in nature that seems to be true consistently
a)
hypothesis
b)
scientific methods
c)
law
d)
theory
10.
any living thing
a)
organism
b)
homeostasis
c)
biogenesis
d)
cell
11.
evolutionary history of an organism; used today to group organisms into six kingdoms
a)
biogenesis
b)
homeostasis
c)
spontaneous generation
d)
phylogeny
12.
procedures used to solve problems and answer questions that can include stating the problem, gathering information, forming a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis with an experiment, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions
a)
variable
b)
scientific methods
c)
hypothesis
d)
control
13.
idea that living things come from nonliving things
a)
spontaneous generation
b)
phylogeny
c)
binomial nomenclature
d)
biogenesis
14.
explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting from many observations and experiments
a)
variable
b)
theory
c)
law
d)
scientific methods
15.
something in an experiment that can change
a)
control
b)
hypothesis
c)
variable
d)
theory
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