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What do scientists use to refer to organisms because common names can create confusion?
scientific names
nicknames
Latin names
first names
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The 3 most general levels of classification, from general to specific, are
kingdom, phylum, and family
kingdom, family, and class
kingdom, class, and order
kingdom, phylum, and class
3
Taxonomy is the science of
naming plants and animals
describing, classifying, and naming organisms
describing organisms
naming and describing living things
4
Most members of kingdom Animalia share which of the following characteristics?
They are unicellular and green.
They have cell walls.
They have feathers or hair.
They are multicellular and can move.
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What do we call simple, multicellular living things?
archaebacteria
Eubacteria
bacteria
Protists
6
What must a plant be exposed to for photosynthesis?
energy
cold water
food
sunlight
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What two groups did scientists divide living things into long ago?
plants and animals
living and nonliving
large and small
hairy and hairless
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What kind of infection do eubacteria cause in people?
pneumonia
bad colds
warts
flu
9
A kingdom made up of bacteria that live in extreme environonments is
fungi
protists
eubacteria
archaebacteria
10
How many levels of classification do scientists use today?
5
4
6
7
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Today what do scientists do when they encounter an organism that fits none of the six kingdoms?
destroy the organism
leave the new organism alone
create a new kingdom
change the organism
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Why do scientists use dichotomous keys?
to name organisms
to count organisms
to identify organisms
to catch organisms
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What happened that made it necessary for scientists to add new kingdoms?
They started using photography.
They discovered Euglena.
They learned to write clearly.
They discovered new organisms.
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Putting plants and animals into orderly groups based on similar characteristic is called:
biology
identification
classification
arrangement
15
The scientific name for the common house cat is Felis domesticus. What is its species name?
domesticus
Felis
house cat
feline
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What is a characteristic that animal members of the genus
Euglena
possess but plants do not?
ability to move by themselves
ability to take in water
ability to use energy
ability to make food
17
How do fungi take in and use nutrients from their surroundings?
They chop and swallow them.
They absorb and destroy them.
They capture and kill them.
They absorb and chew them.
18
Classifying living things helps human beings:
makes sense of the useful plants only
improve the world
make sense of the world
destroy the world
19
The kingdom that contains all prokaryotes except achaebacteris is
eubacteria
animalia
fungi
Plantae
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Unlike plants, fungi do not
use photosynthesis
move around
eat food
need water
