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Classifying and Exploring Life
Classifying and Exploring Life
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North Polk Middle School
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1
A killer whale gets its energy from which organisms?
Leopard seal, ross seal, blue whale, patagonian toothfish
Leopard seal, ross seal, blue whale
Leopard seal, emperor penguin, crabeater seal
Leopard seal, krill, weddell seal
2
What is a group of organisms that have similar traits & are able to produce fertile offspring?
genus
species
domain
family
3
A naming system that gives each organism atwo-word scientific name is called _________________.
systematics
cladogram
dichotomous key
binomial nomenclature
4
A food __________ is the sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem.
web
link
chain
chin
5
Changes in an organism's environment that affect the organism are ____________ stimuli.
internal
external
6
Which of the following shows the correct current classification system?
kingdom,domain,phylum,class,order,family,genus,species
domain,kingdom,phylum,class,order,family,genus,species
domain,kingdom,phylum,class,order,family,species,genus
phylum,class,domain,kingdom,order,family,genus,species
7
The organism shown below belongs in which kingdom?
Fungi
Animalia
Protist
Plantea
8
Changes that occur over an organisms lifetime is called _________________.
reproduction
growth
development
organization
9
The organism shown below belongs in which kingdom?
Plantea
Protista
Animalia
Fungi
10
Which organism gets its energy directly from the Sun?
Patagonian toothfish
Krill
Emperor penguin
Algae
11
The organism shown below belongs in which kingdom?
Fungi
Protista
Plantea
Animalia
12
What characteristic of life is shown in this video?
organization
reproduction
response to stimuli
homeostatis
13
From which organism does the Emperor penguin get its energy?
Krill
Antarctic petrel
Herring, anchovies, & squid
Adelie penguin
14
What are the abiotic parts of the ecosystem below?
Water, Sun, Air
Plants, Animals, Sun
Water, Sun, Animals
Air, Plants, Animals
15
Which is
NOT
a characteristic of of all living things?
reproducing
growing
breathing
using energy
16
An ___________ stimulus is something from within that gets the organism to "do" something
external
internal
17
The first name of the organism's scientific name is the ______________.
genus
species
family
order
18
An organism that feeds on plants is called a(n) __________________.
carnivore
herbivore
omnivore
19
A series of questions with two possible answers that is used to identify organisms is a(n)...
systematics
binomial nomenclature
dichotomous key
cladogram
20
The current classification system separates organisms into ______ kingdoms.
six
four
five
three
21
The blue whale gets energy from _____________.
Adelie penguin
Leopard seal
Krill
Ross seal
22
An organism that feeds on flesh is called a(n) __________________.
carnivore
herbivore
omnivore
23
An organism that feeds on plants and flesh is called a(n) __________________.
omnivore
carnivore
herbivore
24
Living things that are made up of two or more cells are called ______________ organisms.
unicellular
multicellular
stimuli
homeostatis
25
____________ are organisms of an ecosystem that receive energy by eating other organisms.
decomposers
producers
consumers
26
A food _________ shows how plants and animals are interconnected by different paths.
link
web
chain
chin
27
An organism's ability to maintain internal conditions when outside conditions change is ...
internal
stimuli
external
homeostais
28
A plant growing toward light is an example of _______________
internal stimulus
external stimulus
29
_____________ are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms.
decomposers
producers
consumers
30
A ___________________ is the smallest unit of life.
cell
genus
atom
species
31
A branched diagram that shows how organisms are related is a _______________.
binomial nomenclature
cladogram
dichotomous key
systematics
32
All living parts of an ecosystem are called ...
abiotic factors
biotic factors
33
Using the dichotomous key below, identify
Bird W.
Carmarhynchus
Geospiza
Platyspiza
Certhidea
34
______________ are organisms that can make their own energy through biochemical processes.
decomposers
consumers
producers
35
Which trait separates lizards from mice and chimps?
Claws or Nails
Lungs
Jaws
Fur; mammary glands
36
All energy in the food web comes from the ___________.
Killer whale
Krill
Sun
Algae
37
Scientific names consist of __________________.
order and family
class and order
genus and specific name
family and genus
38
The process by which one organism makes one or more new organisms is called ____________.
organization
homeostasis
reproduction
response to stimuli
39
"uni"
in the word
"unicellular"
means __________.
one
four
two
three