True/False
Indicate whether the
sentence or statement is true or false.
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Pasteur's experiment was proof of the theory of spontaneous
generation.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The first name of the organism's scientific name is the ____.
a. | species | c. | genus | b. | family | d. | order |
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3.
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If you know an insect is a butterfly but don't know its scientific name, it
would be best to use a(n) ____ to find out.
a. | dictionary | c. | biology textbook | b. | encyclopedia | d. | dichotomus key |
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all organisms share?
a. | ability to taste and smell | c. | ability to grow and
develop | b. | ability to use energy | d. | ability to sense and respond to change |
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What happens when organisms reproduce?
a. | They grow and develop. | b. | They sense change in their
environment. | c. | They maintain a stable internal environment. | d. | They make organisms
similar to themselves. |
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The scientific name for an organism comes from its
a. | main characteristic. | c. | order and class. | b. | kingdom and phylum. | d. | genus and
species. |
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What can you find by working through the statements in a dichotomous key?
a. | the identity of an organism | b. | how many animals are birds | c. | how long a fungus
can live | d. | when a species of organisms appeared on Earth |
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For hundreds of years, how were all living things classified?
a. | living or nonliving | c. | water creatures or land creatures | b. | plants or
animals | d. | large or
small |
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Scientists classify organisms based on their
a. | likes and dislikes. | c. | age. | b. | numbers in the wild. | d. | characteristics. |
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Use the figure below to answer the following questions.
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What is the scientific name for a Burchell’s zebra?
a. | Equus caballus | c. | Equus burchellii | b. | Equus
grevyi | d. | Caballus
zebra |
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What is the scientific name for a horse?
a. | Equus caballus | c. | Equus burchellii | b. | Equus
grevyi | d. | Equus
horse |
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What is the scientific name for a Grevy’s zebra?
a. | Equus caballus | c. | Equus grevyi | b. | Equus zebra | d. | Equus
burchellii |
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Today, scientists classify organisms by these EXCEPT____.
a. | external characteristics | b. | simlarities in genes | c. | the way embryos
develop | d. | how large an organism is |
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Completion
Complete each
sentence or statement.
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The theory that living things come only from other living things is known as
____________________.
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15.
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A two-word name used to classify living things is
______________________________.
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Anything an organism responds to is a(n) ____________________.
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Unscramble the letters to form the correct word for each
definition.
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clesl—smallest units carrying on life functions
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nobimali nmclaoenture—naming system developed by Linnaeus
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gomnikd—the first and largest category in the classification used today
____________________
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Organisms maintain internal stability despite threats by external stimuli
through _______________________.
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A book titled Responding to External Changes is probably about
_______________________.
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You would expect to find Tsuga canadensis growing in abundance in
_______________.
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Organisms that share the same _______________ name are more closely related than
those that share the same family name.
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The common name of a bird whose scientific name is Cardinalis cardinalis
is _______________.
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Matching
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a. | using two words to name organisms | b. | largest taxonomic category | c. | to group items based
on similarities | d. | the smallest, specific taxonomic category | e. | science of grouping
and naming organisms | f. | largest group within the plant
kingdom | g. | largest group within the animal kingdom | h. | what classes are
divided into | i. | largest group within a phylum or division | j. | a group within a
family | k. | what orders are divided into |
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25.
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kingdom
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26.
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taxonomy
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27.
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orders
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28.
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families
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29.
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classify
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30.
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class
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31.
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binomial nomenclature
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32.
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division
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genus
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34.
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phylum
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35.
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species
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