Classification
Science
Spontaneous Generation
Kingdom
Autotroph
100
The broadest classification level.
What is domain?
100
The scientific study of how living things are classified.
What is taxonomy?
100
The first word in a scientific name is this classification level of the organism.
What is its genus?
100
The ability for an organism to make food classifies it into this category.
What is kingdom?
100
A horse is this type of organism, meaning it needs to find its food in order to survive.
What is a heterotroph?
200
The amount of classification levels that two organisms share, determines the amount of characteristics they have in common. (true or false)
What is true?
200
The type of name given to organisms to avoid confusion.
What is the scientific name?
200
Taxonomic keys can be used to help determine this.
What is the identity of organisms?
200
These kingdoms includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms.
What is fungi and protists.
200
Organisms that make their own food are called this.
What is an autotroph?
300
The classification level more specific then the kingdom level.
What is phylum?
300
Each genus of organisms contains one or more of these.
What is a species?
300
The experiments of Redi and Pasteur disproved this theory.
What is spontaneous generation?
300
Mushrooms, molds, and mildew are members of this kingdom.
What is fungi?
300
The group that includes only multicellular heterotrophs.
What is animal?
400
The scientific study of how organisms are classified.
What is taxonomy?
400
The process of asexual reproduction in bacteria.
What is binary fission?
400
A plant grows towards the light. (stimulus or response)
What is a response?
400
The only kingdom of eukaryotes that contains both autotrophs and heterotrophs and both unicellular and multicellular organisms.
What is protists?
400
An organism composed of many cells is said to be this.
What is multicellular?
500
The two part scientific name for organisms.
What is binomial nomenclature?
500
An organism's ability to maintain stable internal conditions despite changes in its surroundings.
What is homeostasis?
500
The mistaken idea that living things can be created from nonliving things.
What is spontaneous generation?
500
This group is not classified with bacteria because they have a different chemical makeup and cell structure.
What is Archaea?
500
This scientist developed a naming system that grouped organisms on the basis of their observable features.
Who is Linnaeus?
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