Intro to Living Things

a nonscientific term that may vary from region to region

• common name
• phylogeny
• kingdom
• binomial nomenclature
• genus

the evolutionary history of an organism (or how it has changed over time)

• common name
• phylogeny
• kingdom
• binomial nomenclature
• genus

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the first and largest category of living things

• common name
• phylogeny
• kingdom
• binomial nomenclature
• genus

the system used by modern scientists to name living things (organisms)

• common name
• phylogeny
• kingdom
• binomial nomenclature
• genus

a group of similar species (the sixth level of classification)

• common name
• phylogeny
• kingdom
• binomial nomenclature
• genus

Babies laughing at four months is an example of _____.

• adaptation
• development
• growth
• respiration

An organism's ability to maintain a steady condition inside is called ____.

• biogenesis
• homeostasis
• osmosis
• respiration

Linnaeus's major contribution to organism classification was ___.

• a six-kingdom system
• binomial nomenclature
• grouping kingdoms and phlums
• grouping by class, order, and family

The first word of an organism's scientific name is the ____.

• class
• genus
• kingdom
• species

The idea that living things come from nonliving things is called ____.

• adaptation
• biogenesis
• homeostasis
• spontaneous generation