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Living Things

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism's ability to maintain stable internal conditions is called

a)

taxonomy

b)

evolution

c)

development

d)

homeostasis

2.

The two kingdoms that contain only heterotrophs are animals and...

a)

archaea

b)

fungi

c)

protists

d)

bacteria

3.

The process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism is called...

a)

response

b)

evolution

c)

development

d)

growth

4.

A structure that is found in plant cells but not in animal cells is a...

a)

cell wall

b)

nucleus

c)

cell membrane

d)

nuclear envelope

5.

Which of the following is not one of the four kingdoms of eukaryotes?

a)

fungi

b)

archaea

c)

protists

d)

plants

6.

The dense portion of some cells containing nucleic acids is called the...

a)

nucleus

b)

prokaryote

c)

protein

d)

eukaryote

7.

The region between the cell membrane and the nucleus is called the...

a)

cell membrane

b)

cell wall

c)

chlorophyll

d)

cytoplasm

8.

A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce is called a(n)...

a)

order

b)

phylum

c)

kingdom

d)

species

9.

Which organelles convert energy in food molecules into energy the cell can use?

a)

ribosomes

b)

vacuoles

c)

mitochondria

d)

Golgi bodies

10.

A change in an organism's environment that causes a reaction is called a(n)...

a)

response

b)

classification

c)

stimulus

d)

variable

11.

An organism is a(n) __________ if it can make its own food.

a)

heterotroph

b)

autotroph

c)

nucleus

d)

animal cell

12.

A belief in __________ was disproved when Francesco Redi performed experiments to show that flies do not arise from meat.

a)

spontaneous combustion

b)

spontaneous degeneration

c)

spontaneous generation

d)

sputnik

13.

__________ are the basic unit of structure and function in living things.

a)

cells

b)

nucleus

c)

cell walls

d)

mitochondrias

14.

The scientific study of how things are classified is called...

a)

spontaneous degeneration

b)

science

c)

scientific theory

d)

taxonomy

15.

The first word of an organism's scientific name indicates the __________.

a)

genus

b)

felis

c)

species

d)

order

16.

Chloroplasts are found only in the cells of fungi and some other organisms.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

An organism that is made up of many cells is unicellular.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

An organism whose cells contain nuclei is called a eukaryote.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The domains of bacteria and protists contain only prokaryotes.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Food, water, living space, and stable internal conditions are basic needs of living things.

a)

True

b)

False