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- 1. Multiple Choice
What two parts of the classification system are used for the naming of organisms?
Domain and Kingdom
Genus and Species
Class and Family
Kingdom and Phylum
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following excludes a virus from being considered a living organism?
It cannot reproduce on it's own
It cannot maintain metabolic processes on it's own
It is not made of cells
All the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the proper way to write a scientific name for a tiger?
Panthera Tigris
Tigris Panthera
Panthera tigris
P. Tigris
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why do we have 3 domains and 6 kingdoms today?
New discoveries changed the classification system
Archeabacteria was discovered
Fungi were discovered
Both A and B
- 5. Multiple Choice
What organisms are single-celled, microscopic, and are usually found in pond water?
Fungi
Plants
Protista
Bacteria
- 6. Multiple Choice
What kingdom contains multicellular organisms that use photosynthesis to meet their energy demands?
Plants
Animals
Fungi
Protista
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the kingdom that contains multicellular organisms that use cellular respiration to maintain their energy demands of their cells?
Protista
Animals
Archeabacteria
Plants
- 8. Multiple Choice
What kingdoms are composed of unicellular organisms that are all microscopic and have no true nucleus?
Fungi and Plants
Plants and Animals
Bacteria and Protists
Archea and Eubacteria
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are not considered to be decomposers?
Plants
Eubacteria
Archeabacteria
Fungi
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which kingdom contains mushrooms, yeast, and toadstools?
Plants
Animals
Bacteria
Fungi
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following kingdoms contain microscopic life?
Bacteria
Fungi
Protista
All of the above
Only bacteria and protista
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why is Latin used for scientific naming?
To confuse students
To provide a common language for all scientists to understand
To describe pigs
To keep it alive
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is a species?
A specific animal
A group of organisms that can interbred to produce viable offspring
A genus
Another name for a hybrid
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is another name for an internal balance that must be maintained for life to continue?
Energy
Metabolism
Homeostasis
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- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following organisms would likely make its own energy based upon the prefix on the front of the word?
Heterotroph
Autotroph
- 16. Multiple Choice
All living organisms meet all of the 8 characteristics of life.
True
False
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is another name for grouping and classifying items by their similarities or differences.
Morphology
Biology
Taxonomy
Ecology
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the scientist that invented the classification system that we use today?
Aristotle
Bohr
Linneaus
Hooke
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the most broad way life could be grouped according to the classification system?
Kingdom
Domain
Class
Family
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not considered a kingdom of life?
Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Protoplasm
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