25. Give one reason why is it important that every living
thing has its own scientific name using the classification
system
It makes communication about living things more effective
It avoids the possibility of making mistakes
Scientific names seldom change
Scientific names are used worldwide
100
20. What domain includes unicellular organisms such as
streptococcus and salmonella?
Bacteria
100
15. What kingdom consists of unicellular organisms that can
live in extreme environments?
Archaea
100
10. What is a characteristic that increases an organisms
chance of survival?
Adaptation
100
5. The statement "survival of the _______" summarizes the
concept of natural selection.
fittest
200
24. Carolus Linnaeus developed what naming system which
gives each organism a two-word scientific name?
Binomial nomenclature
200
19. What domain includes organisms that have cells which
contain a nucleus and other membrane bound
organelles?
Eukarya
200
14. What are two characteristics of organisms from kingdom
animalia?
Consumers (Take in their food)
Multicellular
Heterotrophs
Have the ability to move
200
9. Structural similarities that exist among different organisms
such as a human's arm, bird's wing, and whale's flipper
are shown as ___________ structures.
Homologous
200
4. What is a difference in characteristic that exists in a
population?
18. Martin is doing a project about one of the six kingdoms
of living things. He finds that some of the
characterstics organisms have in this kingdom are that
they are decomposers, most are multicellular, and they
have cell wall made of chitin. What kingdom is Martin
doing a project on?
Fungi
300
13. What is the only kingdom contains unicellular organisms
that have a nucleus and other membrane bound
organelles?
Protista
300
8. It is believed that some body parts that no longer have a
function (such as the appendix, tail bone, wisdom teeth)
once had a function for previous ancestors. What do we
call these types of body parts?
Vestigial Structures
300
3. What is evolution?
A theory regarding how organisms change over time
400
22. Back in the early 1900's, living things were classified into only two kingdoms, Animalia and Plantae. Today, the classification system contains six kingdoms. Why has the number of kingdoms increased?
Scientist learned more about the characteristics of many organisms
Scientists discovered more organisms
400
17. What are three characteristics of organisms from
kingdom Plantae
Multicelluar
Autotrophs
Eukaryotic
Cannot Move
Have Cell Walls and Chloroplasts
Undergo Photosynthesis
400
12. Name 2 kingdoms that contain unicellular organisms that
do not contain a nucleus
Bacteria and Archaea
400
7. What are two things that fossils tell us?
What organisms were alive long ago but are now extinct
What organisms looked like
The age of the organism
400
2. Which of the following is not true about the concept of
natural selection?
A. Organisms that survive are best adapted to live in their
environment
B. Organisms that survive are less likely to pass on
favorable traits to their offspring
C. Organisms that survive will produce more offspring
than those that do not survive
D. All of the above are true
B
500
21. What are the 8 classification groups of living things
starting from most broad to most specific.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
500
16. What are the three domains of living things?
Eukarya, Bacteria, Archaea
500
11. What are two similarities and two differences between
kingdom Animalia and kingdom Plantae
Similarities: Multicellular, eukaryotic
Differences: Animals can move; plants cannot
Animals are heterotrophs ; plants are autotrophs
500
6. Name three sources of evidence which support the theory
of evolution.
Fossils
Comparing structures found on embryos
Comparing DNA of different species
Comparing homologous structures
Vestigial structures
500
1. Structural similarities that exist between different species,
such as the bone structure of the human arm, cats
forelimb, and whales flipper suggest that these species
emerged from a ________ _________.