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Organisms

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is NOT one of the FOUR NEEDS of living things?

a)

living space

b)

food

c)

energy

d)

homeostasis

2.

Which is one of the "Cs" in CCERRG?

a)

has chemicals

b)

has similar chemicals

c)

has similar cells

d)

has many cells

3.

Which is NOT a NEED of living things?

a)

food

b)

air

c)

water

d)

living space

4.

What is NOT true about asexual reproduction?

a)

involves one parent

b)

offspring (children) are identical to parent

c)

offspring are similar to parent

5.

What is an autotroph?

a)

an organism that can make its own food.

b)

an organism that cannot make its own food

c)

Herbivore

d)

Omnivore

6.
True or False: All living things are made of one or more cells.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
_________ is the process of grouping things based on their similarities. 
a)
Biased
b)
Stereotyping
c)
Classification
d)
Organizing
8.

Plants are different from fungi because...

a)

they reproduce through sexual reproduction

b)

they can make their own food

c)

they are made up of one cell

d)

they are prokaryotes

9.
Fungi cannot 
a)
have a nucleus 
b)
reproduce
c)
belong to a domain
d)
Make their own food 
10.

if something is multicellular, heterotrophic, and reproduces sexually what is it?

a)

a plant

b)

an animal

c)

a bacteria

d)

a protist

11.

An organism that is made up of more than one (often different) cells is called...

a)

autotrophic

b)

unicellular

c)

heterotrophic

d)

multicellular

12.

Choose the correct way to write the scientific name for humans:

a)

homo sapiens

b)

Homosapiens

c)

Homo sapiens

d)

Homo Sapiens

13.

The scientific name for water bear is Hypsibius dujardini. What is its genus?

a)

Hypsibius

b)

dujardini

c)

water

d)

tardigrade

14.
If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same
a)
class
b)
species
c)
family
d)
kingdom
15.
The 8 levels of classification, from most broad to most specific, are
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
16.

Which is the correct sequence of classification levels?

a)

Order, class, family, genus

b)

Class, order, family, genus

c)

Genus, order, family, class

d)

Family, genus, order, class

17.

. What is another word for living things?

a)

organisms

b)

responses

c)

animals

d)

cells

18.

Fungi…

a)

Move to eat food

b)

Absorb nutrients from decaying organisms

c)

Can’t live in water

d)

Are unicellular

19.

Organisms that have to feed off other organisms…

a)

autotrophs

b)

heterotrophs

20.

_____ keeps internal conditions of your body stable.

a)

Metabolism

b)

Homeostasis

c)

stimulus

21.

Asexual reproduction is…

a)

2 parents producing a genetically different organism

b)

1 parent producing a genetically identical organism

c)

1 parent producing a genetically different organism

22.

What domain is fungi in?

a)

Eukarya

b)

Archaea

c)

Bacteria

23.

Prokaryotes can be…

a)

From the domain Bacteria

b)

From the domain Archaea

c)

from domain Archaea or from domain Bacteria

24.

Which is not included in the basic needs of life?

a)

Water

b)

Air

c)

Food

25.

Organisms are classified by…

a)

Differences

b)

Similarities

c)

Both differences and similarities

26.

Which level is the most general?

a)

Domain

b)

Kingdom

c)

species

27.

What is in the fifth place of the taxonomic levels?

a)

Class

b)

Family

c)

Order

28.

Which is an example of a fungus?

a)

Seaweed

b)

Dog

c)

Yeast

29.

Which of these is NOT one of the four basic needs?

a)

Energy

b)

Stable internal conditions

c)

Living space

d)

Food

30.

How many levels of classification are there?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

31.

Which characteristics do plants have?

a)

Multicellular, heterotrophic

b)

Multicellular, autotrophic

c)

Unicellular, autotrophic

d)

Unicellular, heterotrophic

32.

Which of the following is a characteristic of all living things?

a)

Blood and breath

b)

Growth and development

c)

Brains and heart

33.

Which of these three plants are most similar to each other?

a)

Fallopia japonica and Zoysia japonica

b)

Zoysia japonica and Fallopia scandens

c)

Fallopia japonica and Fallopia scandens

34.

If two organisms are in the same family, what other groups are they also in together?

a)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, and Order

b)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, and Class

c)

Domain, Kingdom, and Phylum

d)

Domain and Kingdom

35.

Both plants and fungi ...

a)

are eukaryotic

b)

are multicellular

c)

are autotrophic

d)

are prokaryotic