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Wk. 1- Life Science Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of similar things with similar traits

a)

biology

b)

taxon

c)

vertebrates

2.

The process Aristotle developed of labeling things based on their similarities is called ________.

a)

taxonomy

b)

biotechnology

c)

families

3.

Plants that have tubes inside themselves to move water and other fluids around from the roots to the leaves.

a)

geology

b)

multicellular

c)

vascular

4.

There are _______ traits scientists consider important when they place living creatures in different kingdoms.

a)

3

b)

1

c)

20

5.

Chromista are found in very ________ environments.

a)

dry

b)

watery

c)

hot

6.

Animals WITH backbones are called ___________.

a)

unicellular

b)

fungi

c)

vertebrates

7.

Alfred Wegener had an idea that there was once a supercontinent called __________.

a)

Pangaea

b)

Earth

c)

Antarctica

8.

The oldest fossils on Earth are ___________.

a)

bacteria

b)

mammals

c)

water

9.

Many of the names we use for living things today are from this person's early work.

a)

Jefferson

b)

Hamilton

c)

Linnaeus

10.

Types of living things.

a)

domains

b)

species

c)

protozoa

11.

Which one of the below is NOT a trait scientists consider important when they place living creatures in different kingdoms.

a)

how creatures get their food

b)

how creatures reproduce.

c)

if animals have spots or stripes on their fur.

12.

_________ have no cells at all. (HINT: Look in the Studies Weekly "Diversity of Life" article)

a)

bacteria

b)

reptiles

c)

viruses

13.

Humans, fish, bugs, birds and snakes are all part of the ___________ .

a)

plant kingdom

b)

animal kingdom

c)

chromista

14.

Describes organisms with ONE cell.

a)

unicellular

b)

vascular

c)

species

15.

A substance that allows plants to use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into food.

a)

protozoa

b)

chlorophyll

c)

bacteria