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Introduction to Life Science

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Alfred Wegener had an idea that the earth was once a super-continent known as ________________.

a)

continental drift

b)

the Americas

c)

symbiosis

d)

Pangea

2.

What is taxonomy?

a)

a large group of things that have no common traits

b)

a group of similar things with similar traits

c)

a small group of plants that are similar

d)

a group of animals that are very different from each other

3.

You can't be a member of the ___________ kingdom unless you use the sunlight to make your own food.

a)

animal

b)

plant

c)

chromista

d)

fungi

4.

There are more than 1 millions species of the ________________ Kingdom.

a)

plant

b)

fungi

c)

animal

d)

bacteria

5.

If an animal is an invertebrate it _________ have a backbone.

a)

does

b)

does not

6.

If an animal is a vertebrate it __________ have a backbone.

a)

does

b)

does not

7.

True or False: There are more invertebrates than vertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Mushrooms are part of the ____________ Kingdom.

a)

Plant

b)

Fungi

c)

Animal

d)

Bacteria

9.

If an organism is unicellular it has _________ cell(s).

a)

one

b)

five

c)

ten

d)

more than ten

10.

True or False: Protozoa are water-loving critters.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

All bacteria ________________.

a)

are unicellular

b)

are multi-cellular

c)

do not have cells

12.

Viruses have ____________.

a)

1 cell

b)

many cells

c)

no cells at all

13.

True or False: Archaea are multicellular.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Biotechnology is using _____________ things to make products.

a)

living

b)

non-living

15.

What is symbiosis?

a)

when two things work against each other

b)

when two living things do something to help each other

c)

when one living thing benefits off another living thing

d)

a symbol used when classifying animals into different kingdoms.

16.

Choose ALL the items below that belong to the Plant Kingdom.

a)

rose

b)

Venus flytrap

c)

mushroom

d)

bacteria

e)

ferns

17.

Choose all the invertebrates listed below:

a)

caterpillar

b)

chipmunk

c)

snake

d)

turtle

e)

butterfly

18.

Choose all the vertebrates listed below:

a)

lizard

b)

rainbow trout

c)

rabbit

d)

bacteria

e)

earthworm

19.

Which of the following organisms catches its food?

a)

flower

b)

earthworm

c)

Venus flytrap

d)

moss

20.

Classifying a new species of living organism is similar to what other process?

a)

metamorphosis

b)

a filing system

c)

writing a book

d)

reading a book