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Classifying and Exploring Life
Classifying and Exploring Life
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A food __________ is the sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem.
chain
chin
link
web
2
Living things can be viewed using which type of microscope?
light
electron
3
An ___________ stimulus is something from within that gets the organism to "do" something
external
internal
4
The organism shown below belongs in which kingdom?
Animalia
Protista
Fungi
Plantea
5
What are the two types of electron microscopes?
SEM
Scanning Electron Microscope
TEM
Transmission Electron Microscope
6
An organism's ability to maintain internal conditions when outside conditions change is ...
stimuli
external
homeostais
internal
7
Changes in an organism's environment that affect the organism are ____________ stimuli.
internal
external
8
The first name of the organism's scientific name is the ______________.
order
family
species
genus
9
Which microscope would most likely be used to obtain an image of a live roundworm?
simple light microscope
compound light microscope
transmission electron microscope
scanning electron microscope
10
Which microscopes have higher resolution?
light
electron
11
The current classification system separates organisms into ______ kingdoms.
four
five
three
six
12
A food _________ shows how plants and animals are interconnected by different paths.
chin
link
web
chain
13
Which trait separates lizards from mice and chimps?
Fur; mammary glands
Jaws
Claws or Nails
Lungs
14
Which shows the correct order for the classification of species?
Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order,family, species, genus
Domain, kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus,species
Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family,genus, species
Domain, kingdom, class order, phylum, family, genus, species
15
The organism shown below belongs in which kingdom?
Animalia
Plantea
Protist
Fungi
16
A branched diagram that shows how organisms are related is a _______________.
dichotomous key
binomial nomenclature
systematics
cladogram
17
All energy in the food web comes from the ___________.
Killer whale
Algae
Sun
Krill
18
Using the dichotomous key below, identify
Bird W.
Platyspiza
Certhidea
Carmarhynchus
Geospiza
19
Which was discovered using a microscope
hair
cells
bones
blood
20
Changes that occur over an organisms lifetime is called _________________.
development
organization
growth
reproduction
21
What is a group of organisms that have similar traits & are able to produce fertile offspring?
domain
genus
family
species
22
True or False. TEMs show the surfaces of objects and SEMs magnify thin slices of objects
True
False
23
True or False. Resolution is how clearly the magnified image/object can be seen.
True
False
24
"uni"
in the word
"unicellular"
means __________.
three
two
four
one
25
A ___________________ is the smallest unit of life.
species
genus
atom
cell
26
The process by which one organism makes one or more new organisms is called ____________.
response to stimuli
reproduction
homeostasis
organization
27
The organism shown below belongs in which kingdom?
Animalia
Protista
Fungi
Plantea
28
A naming system that gives each organism atwo-word scientific name is called _________________.
cladogram
binomial nomenclature
dichotomous key
systematics
29
Living things that are made up of two or more cells are called ______________ organisms.
multicellular
stimuli
homeostatis
unicellular
30
A series of questions with two possible answers that is used to identify organisms is a(n)...
binomial nomenclature
systematics
cladogram
dichotomous key
31
Which is
NOT
a characteristic of of all living things?
using energy
reproducing
breathing
growing
32
Scientific names consist of __________________.
family and genus
class and order
order and family
genus and specific name
33
Which of the following shows the correct current classification system?
domain,kingdom,phylum,class,order,family,species,genus
phylum,class,domain,kingdom,order,family,genus,species
domain,kingdom,phylum,class,order,family,genus,species
kingdom,domain,phylum,class,order,family,genus,species
34
Magnification makes an image/object appear larger or smaller than it actually is?
larger
smaller
35
What characteristic of life is shown in this video?
organization
reproduction
homeostatis
response to stimuli
