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Classification of living things
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1
Monkeys are a member of which group?
Protists
Fungi
Plants
Animals
2
This level has organisms of the same type & are able to breed & produce young of the same kind?
genus
species
kingdom
phylum
3
Which process involves one parent and produces offspring that is identical to the parent?
growth
asexual reproduction
development
sexual reproduction
4
What is the study of how scientists classify organisms called?
stimulus
taxonomy
species
dichotomous key
5
Which describes development?
increase in overall size
increase in mass
increase in becoming more structurally complex
increase in height
6
In the animal kingdom how many phyla are there?
2
35
3
100
7
What can phyla sometimes be referred to?
divisions
monerans
species
vascular
8
What is an autotroph?
find an external source of food
make their own food
animals
fungi
9
Which level is used as the first word in an organism's scientific name?
kingdom
species
genus
phylum
10
Which level of taxonomy is used as the second word in an organism's scientific name?
genus
species
class
order
11
Every reaction of a stimulus is called a ________?
change
growth
response
development
12
Flowers belong to which Kingdom?
Plants
Protists
Animals
Fungi
13
What are the 5 kingdoms?
protists, monerans, animals, fungi, plants
monerans, fungi, animals, plants, species
plants, genus, animals, protist, fungi
animals, species, class, plants, monerans
14
How do scientists form smaller groups of living things? They look for ...
If they are helpful or harmful
whether they are cute or not
how big or how small they are
more ways they are alike and different from all the rest
15
What do invertebrates lack?
Backbones
Legs
Shells
Hair
16
What are the levels of classification from broadest to most specific?
family, order, genus, species, kingdom, phylum, class
kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, family, species
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
species, genus, phylum, kingdom, class, family, order
17
To which kingdom do mushrooms belong?
Protists
Plants
Fungi
Animals
18
How are Monerans and Protists the same?
Too many cells!
One-celled
No cells
Many celled
19
Plants get energy from _________ to go through photosynthesis?
sun
earth
kinetic energy
potential energy
20
All living things can be classified into one of how many kingdoms?
2
4
3
5
21
Which is an example of a stimulus?
change in temperature
all of the above
change in amount of light
change in amount of water
22
Animals with a backbone are called...
Vertebrates
nonvascular
Invertebrates
vascular
23
Which process describes growth?
the process where the organism becomes larger
the organism becomes more complex structurally
the process where organisms respond to a stimulus
the process where plants make their own food
24
What are the characteristics that scientists use to classify living things into the 5 kingdoms?
Little living things and big living things
Number of cells
Living things that move or don't move
How the living things get food
25
In phylum (phyla) how are plants divided?
fungi vs. protist
vertebrate vs. invertebrate
vascular vs. nonvascular
animals vs. plants
26
How do scientists group living things?
by similarities
by name
by differences
by group
27
Which is an example of a heterotroph?
plants
fungi
animals
monerans
28
Energy is released from food in most organisms through _______________.
photosynthesis
growth
respiration
transpiration
29
Classification doesn't stop at the kingdom. Animals are classified as...
With or without antennae
With or without a backbone
With or without legs
With or without scales
30
Which of these scientific names are written correctly?
Canis lupus
Canis lupus
Canis Lupus
canis lupus
