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Biology, Other Sciences
6th -
8thgrade
Characteristics of Living Things
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- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from external sources are calledautotrophsheterotrophsthylakoidsplants
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Autotroph or heterotroph?AutotrophHeterotroph
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What is an autotroph?an organism that can make their own food.an organism that cannot make their own foodHerbivoreOmnivore
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which type of cell?ProkaryoteEukaryote
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An organism that can make its own foodHeterotrophAutotrophHerbivoreVegetarian
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What are humans?ProkaryoteEukaryote
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Organisms have specific needs to keep themselves living...which of the following is a need of life?waterbloodhousesshoes
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.true or false: nonliving things cannot growfalsetrue
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Organisms respond to ___________ factors such as sunlight, wind, and precipitation.externalinternal
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?JuniperPineSpruceFir
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of the following characteristics will most likely be helpful in identifying a butterfly using a dichotomous key?Migrates north every springhangs on branchesflutters wings fast on hot daysWings have long extensions
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?ColeopteraHeteropteraDipteraLepidoptera
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?Class InsectaOrder AmblygygiOrder AraneaeOrder Scorpiones
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A labeled diagram of a fiddler crab is provided. Which of the following is an accurate observation of the structures of a fiddler crab? Fiddler crabs have -five pairs of walking legs on each side.an enlarged propodus on both front legs.a pair of eyes on stalks at the top of the body.two pairs or chelipeds for a total of four.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?1234
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?physical featuresweather patternsenvironmentdiet
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A botanist discovers a new plant in the jungle. Which of the
following observations of the plant’s characteristics would be useful in determining its identity with a dichotomous key?It was discovered in the summertimeIt is wet from a recent rain storm.Its leaves curl up on the edges.It is eaten by native jungle ants. - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which kingdom would this organism belong to?ProtistaPlantaeAnimaliaFungi
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which kingdom to humans belong to?PlantaeFungiAnimaliaProtista
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Fill-in-the-blank:
Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________OrderFamilyClassSpecies