Characteristics of Living Things
Characteristics of Living Things 2
Taxonomy
Taxonomy 2
Vocabulary
100

All living things are made up of these "basic units of life".  

What are cells?

100

the genetic material all living things contain

What is DNA

100

The system used for grouping organisms into groups (known as taxons) was developed by this Swedish scientist. 

Who was Carl Linneaus? 

100

This Kingdom is characterized as multicellular, cells with no cell walls, cannot make their own food, require water and oxygen to survive, and reproduce sexually. 

What is Kingdom Animalia. (Animal Kingdom) 

100

The term for an Organism made of many cells

What is Multicellular

200

All living things obtain energy from this main energy source. 

What is the sun?

200

Flinching, or moving out of the way is someone throws something at you demonstrates this characteristic of living things

What is Responding to stimulus/ Responding to surroundings

200

The system of assigning organisms a scientific name that consists of two parts (the genus and the species) is called this. 

What is binomial nomenclature? 

200

This Kingdom includes organisms such as insects, birds, and mammals. 

What is the Kingdom Animalia. (Animal Kingdom)

200

The word for any living thing

What is Organism

300

(True or False) All living things must have the ability to walk, swim, or fly. 

False

300

Running away from a predator, foraging for food, or growing leaves and fruit requires this characteristic of all living things

What is Using Energy

300

This is the number of domains the current classification system divides ALL living things into. 

What is three domains? 

300

This Kingdom includes organisms who are multicellular and whose cells contain chloroplasts which enable the organism to make their own food. 

What is the Kingdom Plantae? (The Plant Kingdom) 

300

An organism with cells that have a nucleus

What is Eukaryote

400

A group of organisms that are so similar that they can reproduce with one another is known as this. 

What is a species? 

400

If organisms are unable to to perform this life function, they will eventually die out. 

What is reproduction? 

400

Name the eight taxons from largest (most inclusive) to smallest (most exclusive)

What is Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species? 

400
This Kingdom includes organisms that are considered the principal decomposers in the environment. 

What is the Kingdom Fungi? 

400

The word for a Primitive unicellular organism that has no nucleus

What is Prokaryote

500

The difference between multicellular and unicellular organisms. 

What is Multicellular organisms are made of many cells while unicellular organisms are made of only one cell. 

500

We need to maintain this state inside our bodies. What is it called?

What is Homeostasis

500

The process of grouping things based on their similarities

What is Classification

500

These are the THREE reasons why taxonomy is important. 

1. It helps keep track of all living thigs. 2. It makes it easier to study all living things. 3. It helps assign organisms a universally accepted scientific name. 

500

The first word in an organisms scientific name

What is Genus