Characteristics
Vocabulary
Variables
Bones
Levels of Classification
100

The characteristic that indicates unicellular and multicellular organisms are biotic.

What is made of cells?

100

The basic unit of structure and function in living things.

What is a cell?

100

This is the variable the scientist changes on purpose.

What is independent variable?

100

This level of classification includes the largest number of different species.

What is domain?

200

This is the characteristic that indicates living things create offspring that are similar to the parent or parents.

What is reproduce?
200

The most basic level of organization in the classification of organisms.

What is a domain?

200

This is a variable that stays the same in an experiment so that the scientist knows it isn't the thing causing the change.

What is a constant?

200

This level of classification is the most specific and is usually written in binomial nomenclature.

What is species?

300

This characteristic is exemplified by a baby curling its finger around an adult's finger.

What is respond to surroundings?
300

A paramecium, a euglena, and an amoeba with their single cell are examples of this type of organism.

What is unicellular?

300

This is the variable in an experiment that the scientist measures or observes. 

What is the dependent variable?

300

This bone is comprised of the vertebrae in the lower back.

What is lumbar spine?

300

This level of classification comes between Class and Family.

What is order?

400

This is the characteristic that indicates living things create offspring that are similar to the parent or parents.

What is reproduce?

400

A human, a water lily, and an ant with their many cells are examples of this type of organism.

What is multicellular?

400

A scientist is testing how many seconds it takes a Skittle to dissolve in water with three different salinities. (no salinity, 50% salinity and 70% salinity). In this experiment the salinity of the water would be this.

What is the independent variable?

400

This bone is located at the base of the lumbar vertebrae and is connected to the bones of the pelvis.

What is the sacrum?

400

This level of classification comes between Kingdom and Class.

What is Phylum?

500

An example of this characteristic of living things is photosynthesis.

What is energy use?

500

This is the process of grouping things based on their similarities.

What is classification?

500

A scientist is experimenting to determine whether bluebirds prefer dried mealworms, suet, or mixed seed. He adds the same mass of food to each feeder and then weighs the amount remaining after 2 hours. In this experiment the weight remaining after 2 hours is identified as this.

What is dependent variable?

500

This bone connects the upper and lower bodies, with the femur from the lower body connected to it and the sacrum from the upper body.

What is pelvic girdle?

500

This members of this classification would be LESS like each other than the members of a Kingdom.

What is domain?

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