WorksheetsChapter 1 - Exploring and Classifying Life
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following is NOT a step in the scientific methods?
Analyze data
Gather information
Forming a theory
Stating the question or problem.
What is a control?
A variable that changes in an experiment.
A standard to which the outcome is compared.
A variable that is being measured.
A variable in an experiment that doesn't change.
A hypothesis is _______.
a prediction that can be tested.
a statement that describes a pattern in nature.
a standard to which an outcome can be prepared.
a wild guess.
"Bears hibernate."
This would be an example of a _____.
Scientific law
Scientific theory
"Birds migrate during colder months in a search for food, mates and water."
This would be an example of a _____.
Scientific law
Scientific theory
Any living thing is a(n) ______.
Cell
Homeostasis
Animal
Organism
Anything that causes a change in an organism is a ______.
response
stimulus
homeostasis
cell
Your body always maintains ______, or a stable internal environment.
stimulus
water
homeostasis
survival
Which of the following is NOT a requirement to be considered "alive"?
Using energy
Communication
Growing and developing
Responding to the environment
Which of the following is NOT something living things need to survive?
Water
Food
A place to live
Sunlight
The idea that living things come from nonliving things is ______.
spontaneous generation
biogenesis
homeostasis
phylogeny
Who developed our current system of the classification of organisms?
Aristotle
Benjamin Franklin
Carolus Linnaeus
Sir Isaac Newton
The idea that living things come from other living things is ______.
spontaneous generation
biogenesis
homeostasis
phylogeny
There are 5 _____ used to classify organisms.
phylogeny
groups
animals
kingdoms
The Russian scientist Alexander I. Oparin suggested that _____.
spontaneous generation was not correct.
Earth's early atmosphere had no oxygen, but was made of other gases.
biogenesis was the correct explanation to where living things come from.
The evolutionary history of an organism is known as ____.
phylogeny
a kingdom
linnaeus
genus
What is binomial nomenclature?
A stable internal environment.
The first development of classifying organisms.
A requirement of living things survival.
A two-word naming system used to name species.
Acer saccharum
This would be an example of a ______.
scientific name
genus
species
phylogeny
Loxodonta africana
The first word represents an organisms ______.
species
genus
kingdom
Which of the species identification tools includes detailed descriptions and pictures?
A dichotomous key
A field guide
A scientific journal
