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What is Life?

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for living things?

a)

Made of cells

b)

Make noises

c)

Reproduce

d)

Maintain homeostasis

2.

Which of the following is a requirement for ALL living things?

a)

Ability to move

b)

Communicate

c)

Made of cells

d)

Make sounds

3.

Humans maintaining a balanced temperature of 98.6 degrees is an example of what characteristic of life?

a)

Maintain homeostasis

b)

Grow

c)

Respond to stimuli

d)

Reproduce

4.

A person pulling their hand away when they touch a hot stove is an example of what requirement of life?

a)

Reproduce

b)

Made of cells

c)

Maintain homeostasis

d)

Respond to stimuli

5.

What domain of living things does not have a nucleus that holds their DNA?

a)

Eukaryotes

b)

Prokaryotes

c)

Vertebrates

d)

Invertebrates

6.

Out of the 5 kingdoms of life, which contains prokaryotes?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Bacteria

d)

Protists

e)

Fungi

7.

Which of the 5 kingdoms of life are microscopic and unicellular? (Select all that apply)

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Fungi

d)

Protists

e)

Bacteria

8.

Which kingdom contains absorptive heterotrophs?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Fungi

d)

Bacteria

9.

What does it mean to be an autotroph?

a)

Eat food

b)

Make your own food using photosynthesis

c)

Large enough to be seen under a microscope

d)

Found in cars and automobiles

10.

Which kingdom contains photoautotrophs?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Fungi

11.

Living things can be organized into family trees called

a)

Kingdom trees

b)

Cladograms

c)

Character tables

d)

Line graphs

12.

The cladogram shows organisms that are grouped together based on _________ characteristics.

a)

Shared

b)

Similar

c)

Opposite

d)

Different

13.

Based on the cladogram, which organism(s) have claws but do not have feathers? (More than one answer)

a)

Perch

b)

Lizard

c)

Pigeon

d)

Mouse

e)

Chimp

14.

What traits does the salamander have?

a)

Jaws

b)

Lungs

c)

Claws

d)

Feathers

e)

Fur

15.

What is the correct order of taxonomic groups from largest to smallest?

a)

Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

b)

Phylum, class, order, family,species, genus

c)

Kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, species

d)

Species, phylum, class, order, family, genus, kingdom

16.

What is larger (contains more organisms) a kingdom or a class?

a)

Kingdom

b)

Class

c)

Both are equal

17.

Which is larger a genus or a phylum?

a)

Genus

b)

Phylum

c)

They are the same size