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Pearson Lesson 1.1-1.3 Living Things Vocab

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Definition of Organism

a)

A water bottle

b)

All living things

c)

Pen

d)

Dead-Hair Strands

2.

Definition of Cell

a)

A butterfly

b)

All living things

c)

Basic Function of An organism

d)

Metabolism

3.

Definition of Unicellular

a)

2000 Cell organism

b)

2 Cell organism

c)

5 Cell Organism

d)

1 Cell organism

4.

Definition of Multicellular

a)

1 Cell Organism

b)

0 Cell Organism

c)

2+ Cell Organism

d)

Regular Organism

5.

Definition of Metabolism

a)

Chemical reaction that breaks down materials

b)

Chemical reaction that forms down materials

c)

Chemical reaction that breaks down fabric

d)

Chemical reaction that forms down plants

6.

Definition of Stimulus

a)

A single celled organism

b)

A reaction to surroundings

c)

A chemical breakdown

d)

A window pane

7.

Definition of Response

a)

A mutation in your body

b)

A change in surroundings

c)

A change in the air

d)

A change in behavior

8.

Definition of Development

a)

Single celled organism

b)

Change in life, making a new organisms

c)

Sexual Reproduction

d)

Reaction to Surroundings

9.

Definition of Asexual Reproduction

a)

One Parent produced offspring

b)

Multi Parent produced offspring

c)

No Parent produced offspring

d)

Offspring

10.

Definition of Sexual Reproduction

a)

Offspring

b)

Single parent produced offspring

c)

No Parent produced offspring

d)

Multi Parent produced offspring

11.

Definition of Spontaneous Generation

a)

Change in surroundings

b)

Nonliving things arise from living sources

c)

Living things arise from nonliving sources

d)

Redi's Experiment

12.

Definition of Controlled Experiment

a)

Redi's Experiment <----

b)

Series of tests are identical except for one factor

c)

sSeries of tests are identical except for three factors

d)

Series of tests are identical except for two factors

13.

Definition of Autotroph

a)

Organisms that make their own food

b)

Organisms that make food's own food

c)

Organisms that cannot make their own food

d)

Organisms that make someone else's food

14.

Definition of Heterotroph

a)

Organisms that make their own energy

b)

Organisms that eat food

c)

Organisms that make their own food

d)

Organisms that cannot make their own food

15.

Definition of Homeostasis

a)

Maintenance of stable external conditions

b)

Maintenance of stable internal conditions

c)

Maintenance of stable interior conditions

d)

Maintenance of stable exterior conditions

16.

Definition of Classification

a)

Making a inference based on

b)

Grouping organisms based upon habitat

c)

Grouping things based on Similarities

d)

Making a inference based upon habitat

17.

Definition of Taxonomy

a)

Scientific study of classification

b)

Scientific study of animals

c)

Scientific study of a genus

d)

Scientific study of humans

18.

Definition of Binomial Nomenclature

a)

System that scientifically names school supplies

b)

System that scientifically names rocks

c)

System that scientifically names organics

d)

System that scientifically names organisms

19.

Definition of Genus

a)

Last word in the scientific name of an organism

b)

Middle word in the scientific name of an organism

c)

The whole scientific name of an organism

d)

First word in the scientific name of an organism

20.

Definition of Species

a)

A group of organisms that cannot mate and produce offspring

b)

A group of organisms that can mate and produce offspring

c)

A group of rocks that can mate and produce offspring

d)

A group of rocks that cannot mate and produce offspring

21.

Definition of Prokaryotes

a)

Unicellular organisms whose cells lack a nucleus

b)

Unicellular organisms whose cells have a nucleus

c)

Multicellular organisms whose cells lack a nucleus

d)

Multicellular organisms whose cells have a nucleus

22.

Definition of Nucleus

a)

A thin area in a cell that does not contain nucleic acids

b)

A dense area in a cell that does not contain nucleic acids

c)

A thin area in a cell that contains nucleic acids

d)

A dense area in a cell that contains nucleic acids

23.

Definition of Eukaryote

a)

Multicellular organisms whose cells lack a nucleus

b)

Unicellular organisms whose cells have a nucleus

c)

Multicellular organisms whose cells have a nucleus

d)

Unicellular organisms whose cells lack a nucleus