CH 1 sec 1 and 2 Characteristics of Life and Classification

Question 1

A living thing can also be called an __________.

Accepted Answer

organism

Question 2

A group of similar species is a _______.

Accepted Answer

genus

Question 3

The three domains are eukarya, archaea and

Accepted Answer

bacteria

Question 4

A multicellular organism is made of _______ cells.

Accepted Answer

more than one

Question 5

A _____ is a group of similar organisms that produce fertile offspring.

Accepted Answer

species

Question 6

The process of giving an organism a scientific name is called ________.

Accepted Answer

binomial nomenclature

Question 7

A _________ can make its own food.

Accepted Answer

producer

Question 8

An organisms scientific name consists of _____.

Accepted Answer

genus and species

Question 9

Which of the following is a characteristic of an organism?

Accepted Answer

use energy and respond to stimulus

Question 10

The most specific classification is

Accepted Answer

species.

Question 11

A unicellular organism is made of ______ cell.

Accepted Answer

one

Question 12

A consumer __________________.

Accepted Answer

doesn't make it own food

Question 13

A dichotomous key is used to _____________.

Accepted Answer

identify species

Question 14

A _____ is the smallest unit of life.

Accepted Answer

cell

Question 15

A prokaryotic cell doesn't have a _________.

Accepted Answer

nucleus

Question 16

Eukaryotic cells have a _____________.

Accepted Answer

nucleus

Question 17

The process of placing organisms into groups is called ________.

Accepted Answer

classification

Question 18

A cladogram is a

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branched diagram showing how organisms are related.

Question 19

The scientific name for humans is _________.

Accepted Answer

homo sapien

Question 20

Scientific name consists of _____ and species.

Accepted Answer

genus

Question 21

Scientific names are better than common names because ______.

Accepted Answer

scientific names are not confusing

Question 22

An organism has all the characteristics of ______.

Accepted Answer

life

Question 23

The language used for scientific names is ___.

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 24

domain, _____, phylum, _____, order, _____, genus, species

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kingdom, class, family

Question 25

Which is not a kingdom?

Accepted Answer

rocks

Question 26

How many kingdoms are there?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 27

Humans belong to the ________ kingdom.

Accepted Answer

animal

Question 28

In the scientific name, felis concolor, the word concolor is the __________.

Accepted Answer

species

Question 29

In the scientific name, felis concolor, the word felis is the __________.

Accepted Answer

genus

Question 30

The energy for all organisms comes from the ____.

Accepted Answer

sun

CH 1 sec 1 and 2 Characteristics of Life and Classification

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CH 1 sec 1 and 2 Characteristics of Life and Classification

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