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Chapter 1 - Exploring and Classifying Life

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a step in the scientific methods?

a)

Analyze data

b)

Gather information

c)

Forming a theory

d)

Stating the question or problem.

2.

What is a control?

a)

A variable that changes in an experiment.

b)

A standard to which the outcome is compared.

c)

A variable that is being measured.

d)

A variable in an experiment that doesn't change.

3.

A hypothesis is _______.

a)

a prediction that can be tested.

b)

a statement that describes a pattern in nature.

c)

a standard to which an outcome can be prepared.

d)

a wild guess.

4.

"Bears hibernate."


This would be an example of a _____.

a)

Scientific law

b)

Scientific theory

5.

"Birds migrate during colder months in a search for food, mates and water."


This would be an example of a _____.

a)

Scientific law

b)

Scientific theory

6.

Any living thing is a(n) ______.

a)

Cell

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Animal

d)

Organism

7.

Anything that causes a change in an organism is a ______.

a)

response

b)

stimulus

c)

homeostasis

d)

cell

8.

Your body always maintains ______, or a stable internal environment.

a)

stimulus

b)

water

c)

homeostasis

d)

survival

9.

Which of the following is NOT a requirement to be considered "alive"?

a)

Using energy

b)

Communication

c)

Growing and developing

d)

Responding to the environment

10.

Which of the following is NOT something living things need to survive?

a)

Water

b)

Food

c)

A place to live

d)

Sunlight

11.

The idea that living things come from nonliving things is ______.

a)

spontaneous generation

b)

biogenesis

c)

homeostasis

d)

phylogeny

12.

Who developed our current system of the classification of organisms?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Carolus Linnaeus

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

13.

The idea that living things come from other living things is ______.

a)

spontaneous generation

b)

biogenesis

c)

homeostasis

d)

phylogeny

14.

There are 5 _____ used to classify organisms.

a)

phylogeny

b)

groups

c)

animals

d)

kingdoms

15.

The Russian scientist Alexander I. Oparin suggested that _____.

a)

spontaneous generation was not correct.

b)

Earth's early atmosphere had no oxygen, but was made of other gases.

c)

biogenesis was the correct explanation to where living things come from.

16.

The evolutionary history of an organism is known as ____.

a)

phylogeny

b)

a kingdom

c)

linnaeus

d)

genus

17.

What is binomial nomenclature?

a)

A stable internal environment.

b)

The first development of classifying organisms.

c)

A requirement of living things survival.

d)

A two-word naming system used to name species.

18.

Acer saccharum


This would be an example of a ______.

a)

scientific name

b)

genus

c)

species

d)

phylogeny

19.

Loxodonta africana


The first word represents an organisms ______.

a)

species

b)

genus

c)

kingdom

20.

Which of the species identification tools includes detailed descriptions and pictures?

a)

A dichotomous key

b)

A field guide

c)

A scientific journal