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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the study of life?
geology
chemistry
physics
biology
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the study of CLASSIFICATION of life?
geology
physics
taxonomy
chemistry
- 3. Multiple Choice
Life is anything that can... (Check ALL that apply)
reproduce
respond to stimuli in its environment
is organized of a cell or many cells
use energy through metabolic processes
grow and/or develop
- 4. Multiple Choice
Spontaneous generation is the false idea that...
life can arise from nonliving matter
life can arise from other life
life can reproduce
life isn't something we can know about
- 5. Multiple Choice
The sorting of things by their shared characteristics is...
making models
doing experiments
classification
creating graphs
- 6. Multiple Choice
How many kingdoms of life are there?
1
3
5
6
- 7. Multiple Choice
A broad classification that groups organisms together by characteristics such as cell type, mode of nutrition, and cell organization is called...
Species
Class
Order
Kingdom
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which kingdom contains organisms that are mostly free moving, heterotrophs that are multicellular and have a nervous system of some sort
animal
protist
fungus
eubacteria
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which kingdom of life organisms that are multicellular autotrophs?
animals
plants
protists
fungi
- 10. Multiple Choice
What kingdom of life contains organisms that don't fit the other kingdom categories. Examples include amoebas and algae.
animals
plants
fungi
protists
- 11. Multiple Choice
What kingdom classification contains organisms that are heterotrophs and get their energy from breaking down dead stuff (called decomposers)
animals
plants
fungi
protists
- 12. Multiple Choice
What kingdoms contain organisms that are all unicellular and are found everywhere on Earth.
animals
plants
fungus
eubacteria and archaebacteria
- 13. Multiple Choice
What do you call an organism that gets food by consuming/breaking down other organisms.
autotroph
heterotroph
producer
- 14. Multiple Choice
What do you call an organism that generates food within themselves without having to eat other organisms?
heterotroph
consumer
autotroph
- 15. Multiple Choice
What do you call an organism that consists of only one cell
multicellular
unicellular
- 16. Multiple Choice
What do you call an organism that consists of more than one cell?
unicellular
multicellular
- 17. Multiple Choice
As you continue to classify organisms at each level on the Linnean classification system, what happens within each group at lower levels (such as genus and species)?
the number of organisms in each specific group increases
there are less shared traits between the organisms in each specific group
there are more shared traits between the organisms in each specific group
- 18. Multiple Choice
A special type of heterotroph that gets energy by breaking down other dead organisms? (They make things decay!)
producer
decomposer
composer
- 19. Multiple Choice
The physical features of an organism such as the hooves and tail on a horse.
structural features
behavioral features
- 20. Multiple Choice
The features of an organism such as bird calls, migration patterns, and hibernation that reflect how an organism acts
structural feature
behavioral feature
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a reason for allowing for a scientific theory to be changed or rejected?
experiments and evidence were provided for the new ideas
the person who proposed the new idea was well known
important officials in government agreed with the new ideas
older theories are always incorrect and have to be changed
- 22. Multiple Choice
Your group is conducting and experiment. Your results are different than those that other groups in the class got. What should be the first thing that you do?
Throw out your results and start over.
Change your results so they are all the same, even if they are made up numbers.
Talk to the other groups and try to figure out WHY their data might look different.
Decide that the other groups are wrong and finish your report.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Replication means...
others can follow your steps and get the same results
others can follow your steps and get different results
others get the same results, but with a different experiment
others get different results with a different experiment
- 24. Multiple Choice
What do you call the variable that is being tested in order to observe its affect on something else?
independent variable
dependent variable
control group
controlled variables (constants)
- 25. Multiple Choice
What do you call the variable that is being observed and measured to see how it reacts to the test variable?
independent variable
dependent variable
control group
controlled variables (constants)
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