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Chapter 1 Examination Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term is a scientific name?

a)

Canis

b)

Canis familiaris

c)

Carnivora

2.

Which statement best describes a transmission electron microscope (TEM)?

a)

Multiple lenses pass through an object.

b)

Electrons pass through an object.

c)

Electrons bounce off the surface of an object.

3.

What did Linnaeus use to classify living things?

a)

similar structures

b)

domains

c)

DNA

4.

_______________ make up an organism’s scientific name.

a)

Class and family

b)

Genus and species

c)

Phylum and order

5.

Which characteristic applies to all living things?

a)

They respond to light.

b)

They require energy.

c)

They are multicellular.

6.

Which term describes the changes that occur in an organism during its lifetime?

a)

homeostasis

b)

development

c)

stimuli

7.

Which microscope could be used to study the movement of protists in water?

a)

electron

b)

SEM

c)

compound

8.

Which description identifies a genus?

a)

a group of similar phyla

b)

a group of similar orders

c)

a group of similar species

9.

Why might a scientist choose to use a compound microscope rather than an electron microscope?

a)

to magnify things 100,000 times

b)

to study living specimens

c)

to study nonliving specimens

10.

Which kind of microscope is best for observing the movement of a live cell?

a)

TEM

b)

SEM

c)

compound

11.

Which term means “a group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring”?

a)

genus

b)

domain

c)

species

12.

How does a tree get energy?

a)

It eats food in its environment.

b)

It gets energy from the Sun.

c)

It does not need energy.

13.

Which characteristic does NOT apply to all living things?

a)

the ability to maintain homeostasis

b)

the ability to respond to stimuli

c)

the ability to reproduce by dividing

14.

Which microscope uses electrons to study the surface of an object?

a)

TEM

b)

SEM

c)

compound microscope

15.

Which kind of microscope is best for studying the details on an object’s surface?

a)

TEM

b)

light

c)

SEM

16.

Which shows the correct way to write a scientific name?

a)

Carnivora

b)

grizzly bear

c)

Ursus arctos

17.

Which item is NOT a kind of evidence used in systematics?

a)

common ancestry

b)

cell type

c)

presence of “red blood”

18.

Growth of many-celled organisms is mostly due to an increase in the ____ of cells.

a)

size

b)

protons

c)

number

19.

If you know an insect is a butterfly but don't know its scientific name, it would be best to use a(n) ____ to find out.

a)

biology textbook

b)

dichotomous key

c)

dictionary

20.

Linnaeus's system gave how many names to each organism?

a)

two

b)

three

c)

one

21.

Dichotomous keys are divided into steps with ____ descriptions at each step.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

five

22.

The classification system most commonly used today separates organisms into ____ kingdoms.

a)

four

b)

five

c)

six

23.

The total magnification of the image in a compound microscope is equal to the magnifications of the ocular lens and the objective lens ______ .

a)

multiplied together

b)

subtracted

c)

added together

24.

Electrons are found where?

a)

inside atoms

b)

inside cells

c)

outside atoms

25.

How many times does a compound light microscope with an ocular lens of 8× and an object lens of 32× magnify objects?

a)

b)

256×

c)

40×

26.

Robert Hooke used the microscope to observe and name _____.

a)

insects

b)

cells

c)

algae

27.

Early microscopes were invented by Anton van Leeuwenhoek and _____.

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Rudolf Hertz

28.

Which represents the earliest microscope?

a)

light microscope

b)

compound microscope

c)

scanning electron microscope

29.

A cladogram is similar to which of the following?

a)

family tree

b)

concept web

c)

chronology tree

30.

A plant growing toward light is an example of _____.

a)

internal stimulus

b)

external stimulus

c)

homeostasis

31.

Which of the following is an example of a response to stimulus?

a)

you are tired

b)

you are hot

c)

you eat food

32.

Two horses mate and produce a foal. This is an example of _____.

a)

development

b)

homeostasis

c)

reproduction

33.

A tadpole turns into a frog over its lifetime. This is called _____.

a)

growth

b)

development

c)

homeostasis

34.

How many groups did Aristotle use to classify organisms?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

35.

Which of the following is more general in terms of classifying an organism?

a)

Species

b)

Family

c)

Class

36.
Which of the following is NOT a reason why scientists classify organisms?
a)
To help them communicate
b)
To organize information
c)
Because they are bored
37.
Which word means to organize into groups?
a)
sample
b)
vertebrate
c)
classify
d)
organism
38.
How do we classify organisms into different Kingdoms?
a)
randomly sort organisms
b)
based on similar characteristics of the organisms
c)
grouped by how the organisms are different from one another
d)
based on how they reproduce
39.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
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
40.
Which 2 organisms have the fewest characteristics in common?
a)
2 organisms in the same kingdom
b)
2 organisms in the same genus
c)
2 organisms in the same species
d)
2 organisms in the same family