Characteristics of Living Things
Classification of living things
Dichotomous Keys
Birds and Mammals
Wild Card
100
This process involves the conversion of food into energy in living organisms.
What is metabolism?
100
This system classifies organisms into groups based on shared characteristics
What is taxonomy
100
A tool used to identify organisms by answering a series of questions is called this.
What is a dichotomous key?
100
Birds are known for having this unique feature that aids in flight.
What are feathers?
100
The diagram shows the heart of a bird.
to keep oxygen-rich blood and oxygen-poor blood separate
200
All living things respond to this type of change in their environment.
What is a stimulus?
200
The two main categories of living organisms are prokaryotes and these.
What are eukaryotes?
200
This type of question in a dichotomous key typically offers two contrasting options.
What is a choice?
200
This characteristic distinguishes mammals from other animal groups
What is the presence of mammary glands?
200
Ligers are a cross between lions and tigers. They exist only in zoos because lions and tigers do not live together in the wild.
Ligers cannot reproduce.
300
This characteristic of living things refers to the ability to produce offspring
What is reproduction?
300
This is the highest taxonomic rank in the biological classification system.
What is domain?
300
The first step in using a dichotomous key often involves identifying this
What is the organism's characteristics?
300
Birds typically have this type of body temperature regulation.
What is endothermy?
300
Beginning with domain as 1 and then counting down the levels in the modern system of classification, what level is "phylum”?
3
400
The ability of an organism to maintain stable internal conditions is known as this.
What is homeostasis?
400
This classification level comes after family and before species.
What is genus?
400
This is the main advantage of using a dichotomous key for classification.
What is ease of identification?
400
This adaptation allows mammals to thrive in various environments.
What is fur or hair?
400
A whale has a calf and a bacteria replicates through cloning. Both of these are examples of
Reproductions
500
Cells with nuclei belong in the domain
Eukarya
500
Which trait distinguishes between the kingdoms of Bacteria and Archaea?
whether or not the organisms thrive in extreme conditions
500
Use the dichotomous key to identify this animal.
Lemur
500
Which structures are most similar in birds and mammals based on their functions?
air sacs in birds and mammary glands in mammals
gizzards in birds and teeth in mammals
crops in birds and teeth in mammals
gizzards in birds and teeth in mammals
500
While most organisms on Earth need air (oxygen or carbon dioxide) to survive, there are exceptions. Plants need carbon dioxide in order to survive. Plants get this gas from _____, which is something all organisms need.
Air