Classification and Characteristic of Living Organism

The scientific name for a kangaroo is Macropus rufus, which indicates the kangaroo’s

• Class and genus

• Genus and species

• Kingdom and class

• Class and species

Member of the animal kingdom depend on bacteria and fungi because bacteria and fungi

• do not preform photosynthesis
• use sunlight to produce glucose
• return nutrients in dead organsism back to the soil
• are useful for animal niches

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that all living things share?

• all living things reproduce
• all living things use energy
• all living things obtain water by drinking
• all living things sense and respond to change

Which of the following list the levels of classification of life in the correct order?

• Kingdom, class, order, phylum, Domain, family, genus, species

• Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• Kingdom, Domain, family, class, species, phylum, genus, order

• Domain, Kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, species, genus

A plant growing towards a light source is an example of which of the following?

• attracting a mate

• destroying infectious germs

• responding to a stimuli

• obtaining moisture from the air

Plants make their own energy molecules (food) using photosynthesis. What do we call this type of organism?

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is NOT one of the five kingdoms?

• Plants
• Monerans
• Insectd
• Protists

Which of the following means to get larger and more complex?

• growth and development
• responding to a stimulus
• taxonomy
• to produce offspring

Which process uses sunlight to make food?

• photosynthesis
• respiration
• taxification
• classification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Animals must eat other organisms for food, so they are classified as--

• heterotrophs
• autotrophs
• eukaryotic
• prokaryotic