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Classification of life
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A review of the necessities of life and how living things are classified.
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Which is not a need of living things?
Water
Living Space
Air
Food
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Robert Hooke (Hook to da hizzy) is credited with...
Naming the cell
Writing the cell theory
Discovering microorganisms ("animalcules")
3
An organism without a nucleus is ....
Prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
4
What species is bird X?
Certhidea
Geospiza
Camarhynchus
Platyspiza
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Sexual reproducing organisms typically provide _____ parental care.
Less
More
6
What is the broadest level of classification?
Species
Domain
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What is NOT a chemical of life?
Lipids
DNA
Iron
Carbohydrates
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Under a microscope you observed a prokaryotic organism. What domain could it belong to?
Eubacteria
Archaeabacteria
Eukarya
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What was the manipulated variable in Redi's experiment?
Cloth cover
Meat
Number of flies formed
Type of jar
10
The kingdom of "mis-fit" organisms is...
Plants
Animals
Fungi
Protists
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An organism that consumes other living things to survive is a(n)
Autotroph
Heterotroph
12
An unknown autotrophic multicellular organism is a member of what kingdom?
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Protista
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What increased the growth of mold in lab?
Sunlight
Moisture
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Who devised a system of classifying organisms according to observable features?
Louis Pasteur
Francesco Redi
Carolus Linneaus
John Dalton
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What do sexual and asexual reproduction have in common?
Both involve DNA
Both have 2 parents
Both result in genetic variation in offspring
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Your internal temperature being regulated at 98.6 degrees is an example of...
Homeostasis
Ectothermisis
17
What was the responding variable in Louis Pasteur's experiment?
Bacterial growth
Amount of broth
Heat
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Bread mold belongs to what kingdom?
Eukarya
Bacteria
Protists
Fungi
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Within the animal kingdom there is more diversity with...
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
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Who helped to disprove spontaneous generation?
Francesco Redi
John Dalton
Louis Pasteur
Carolus Linneaus
21
As you move down levels of classification the number of organisms in each group ___________
Increases
Decreases
22
DNA is composed of how many nitrogen bases?
4
2
3
23
All living things need...
Living space
Homeostasis
Food & water
Oxygen
24
Because a horse can mate with a donkey to produce a mule means they are of the same species.
True
False
25
The scientific study of how living things are classified is...
Ecology
Taxidermy
Taxonomy
Biology
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An example of a nucleic acid is...
Carbohydrates
Ribosomes
DNA
RNA
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Binomial nomenclature involves naming organisms with two names according to their...
Family and genus
Domain and kingdom
Genus and species
Kingdom and species
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By using a field guide or a ______, scientists can identify unknown organisms.
Periodic table
Taxonomic key
MCAS reference sheet
Dichotomous key
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How many domains are there to classify living organisms?
3
4
6
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A measure of an organisms ability to efficiently undergo chemical processes is its...
Decomposition
Metabolism
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An organism's need to maintain a stable internal environment is called...
Metabolism
Homeostasis
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If a living thing is stimulated, then there will be...
reproduction
a response
metabolic processes
33
To what kingdom do humans belong?
Eukarya
Animal
34
Anton Von Leeuwenhook is best known for discovering...
"Animalcules"
Cells
Microorganisms
Taxonomy
35
Spontaneous generation is the belief that...
An organism can internally combust without warning
all living things come from non living things.
Living things come only from other living things.
36
An unknown organism is autotrophic, unicellular and eukaryotic. What kingdom does it belong to?
Plant
Fungi
Protist
Bacteria
37
Water is essential to life because...
It can't dissolve many substances
It is polar
It alleviates climate change
It exists as only a liquid on earth.
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Which is a part of Daltons cell theory?
Cells come from other living cells.
All living things are made of cells.
Cells are the basic unit of living things.
Atoms are the basic unit of matter.
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of living things?
Capable to reproduce
Can move
Can sense and respond
Made of cells with nuclei
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Sexual reproduction involves __ parents.
2
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