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Ch 1 Introduction To Living Things

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One characteristic used to place organisms into kingdoms is

a)

how they move

b)

where they live

c)

their ability to make food.

d)

their ability to reproduce.

2.

Which group of organisms includes only multicellular heterotrophs?


a)

protists

b)

bacteria

c)

plants

d)

animals

3.

Which is the broadest classification level?

a)

family

b)

domain

c)

phylum

d)

species

4.

What is taxonomy?

a)

the scientific study of how living things are classified

b)

the name of Aristotle's classification system

c)

the process used by geologists to classify rocks

d)

the process of observing an organism's behavior

5.

An organism's scientific name consists of

a)

its class name and its family name.

b)

its kingdom name and its phylum name.

c)

its genus name and its species name.

d)

its phylum name and its species name.

6.

A plant grows toward the light. The plant's action is an example of

a)

reproduction.

b)

a response.

c)

a stimulus.

d)

development.

7.

Which kingdoms include both unicellular and multicellular organisms?

a)

fungi and plants

b)

fungi and protists

c)

protists and animals

d)

protists and plants

8.

Organisms that make their own food are called

a)

autotrophs

b)

heterotrophs

9.

The first word in an organism's scientific name is its____________

a)

species

b)

genus

10.

A horse is an heterotroph____________

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

The scientific study of how organisms are classified is called binomial nomenclature.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

Mushrooms, molds, and mildew are members of the fungi kingdom.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Archaea and Bacteria are two domains of eukaryotes.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.
All living things have all of these in common EXCEPT....
a)
made of cells
b)
needs soil
c)
needs water
d)
responds to stimuli
15.
The smallest structures that can perform life functions are called...
a)
cells
b)
bacteria
c)
DNA
d)
viruses
16.

Cactus that are able to store water to help survive times of drought is an example of...

a)

reproduction

b)

responsiveness

c)

excretion

d)

homeostasis

17.
Reproduction involving one parent is ....
a)
sexual
b)
asexual
c)
responsiveness
d)
homeostasis
18.
___ is the genetic material found in cells that is passed from parent to offspring.
a)
cells
b)
DNA
c)
chemicals
d)
cytoplasm
19.
__ are organisms that can make their own food from sunlight energy.
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
d)
all living things
20.

A bacteria cell is only one cell. This is called...

a)

multicellular

b)

unicellular

21.
This is a pic of....
a)
hydra budding
b)
bacteria budding
c)
binary fission
d)
excretion
22.
In asexual reproduction _______ are produced.
a)
different offspring
b)
identical offspring
c)
tiny offspring
d)
similar
23.
true or false?
All living things need oxygen.
a)
true
b)
false
24.
____ causes organisms to respond.
a)
Water
b)
Food
c)
Temperature
d)
Stimuli
25.

All living things need these 4 things to survive....

a)

food, light, water, air

b)

sleep, food, light, water

c)

food, water, air, shelter

d)

food, water, family, energy

26.

Organisms are able to maintain a stable internal balance. This is called...

a)

responsiveness

b)

homeostasis

c)

excretion

d)

stability

27.

True or False? All living things can respond to stimuli?

a)

true

b)

false

28.

This naturalist is known as the father of taxonomy since he created both the classification system and bionomial nomenclature

a)

Redi

b)

Pasteur

c)

Linnaeus

d)

Hooke