Chapter 7:
Describing the Living World
Practice Test
1.
What do you call the process by which organisms make more organisms of the same kind?
a.
cellular division
b.
growth
c.
reproduction
d.
adaptation
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2.
How do scientists classify an organism?
a.
by how many legs it has
b.
by color
c.
All traits are used to classify an organism.
d.
by shape
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3.
When dealing with classification, what comes after Kingdom?
a.
species
b.
phylum
c.
order
d.
genus
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4.
What is an organism?
a.
any living thing
b.
the cells that make up the major organs of the body
c.
something that scientists haven't named yet
d.
an animal that has a backbone
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5.
What is a main characteristic of the eubacteria and archaebacteria?
a.
they reproduce
b.
They only have one cell.
c.
They all produce their own food.
d.
they cause disease
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6.
Which statement is NOT true about living things?
a.
All living things grow and develop.
b.
All living things are made of cells.
c.
All living things breathe oxygen.
d.
All living things reproduce.
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7.
Why is classification important to scientists?
a.
It helps them communicate information about specific organisms
b.
It helps them organize their knowledge.
c.
It helps them find what they are looking for.
d.
All of the above.
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8.
What part of a scientific name is capitalized?
a.
genus
b.
class
c.
species
d.
order
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9.
Why is it important to study fossils?
a.
It is challenging.
b.
Fossils show how organisms that lived millions of years ago may be related to today's organisms.
c.
They give scientists something new to classify.
d.
Fossils are neat.
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10.
The scientific name for hippopotamus is Hippopotamus amphibius. What does the second part of the name tell you?
a.
It lives in or around water.
b.
It has slimy skin.
c.
It eats frogs.
d.
It can breathe underwater.
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