Quiz about Topic 7: Living Things

Question 1

An organism that makes its own food is called a...

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Autotroph

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Heterotroph

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Consumer

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Chef

Question 2

What am I?

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Bacteria

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Penicillin

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Flatworm

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Eukarya

Question 3

What am I?

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Virus

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Spaceship

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Bacteria

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Fungi

Question 4

The disruption of _________ is what ultimately caused death.

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Homestasis

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Heartbeat

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Brain Function

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Lung Function

Question 5

I am always heterotrophic and I reproduce with spores.

What am I?

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Fungi

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Virus

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Bacteria

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Protist

Question 6

Organisms classified as Prokaryotes all lack this cell structure.

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Nucleus

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Golgi Apparatus

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Cell Membrane

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DNA

Question 7

Antibiotics have zero effect on ______

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Virus

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Humans

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Bacteria

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Dracunculus medinensis

Question 8

This type of organism obtains energy by doing harm to other organisms while living on, or sometimes inside other living things..

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Parasite

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Symbiont

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Bacteria

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Virus

Question 9

Which is smallest?

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Virus

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Bacteria

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Protist

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Rotifer

Question 10

Parasitic worms are commonly introduced into the body by what?

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Drinking unsanitary water

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Mosquito bites

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Animal bites

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Spontaneous generation

Question 11

The four kingdoms (Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista) all fall under this domain.

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Eukarya

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Archaea

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Eubacteria

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Multicellular

Question 12

Based on evolutionary research, both hippopotamus and whales share...

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A recent common ancestor

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DNA

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Niches

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A distant common ancestor

Question 13

Which group is always unicellular?

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Bacteria

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Fungi

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Protist

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Virus

Question 14

Which group is always heterotropic?

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Animalia

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Plantae

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Protista

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Archaea

Question 15

A neglected plant growing toward sunlight is an example of...

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Response to environment

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Homeostasis

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Stability

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Adaptation

Question 16

The false idea that living things can arise from nonliving sources is known as what?

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Spontaneous Generation

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Epiphany

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Evolution

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Natural Selection

Question 17

Spiders, Ticks and Scorpions all have eight legs.

What is this called?

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Shared Characteristic

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Octopodia

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Convergent Evolution

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Coincidence

Question 18

The pupils, or dark centers of your eyes widen when you move into a darkened space.

What characteristic of life is this an example of?

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Response to environment

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Homeostasis

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Biochemistry

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Adaptation

Question 19

The smallest living thing on Earth is a...

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Single Cell

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Virus

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Phospholipid Bilayer

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Carbohydrate

Question 20

The basic unit of structure and function of living things is called a...

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Cell

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Lipid

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Amino Acid

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Monomer

Question 21

Binomial Nomenclature refers to a system of naming where all organisms are referred to using which two levels of classification?

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Genus Species

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Domain Kingdom

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Phylum Class

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Order Family

Question 22

The condition in which and organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment

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Homeostasis

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Work

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Stimulus

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Hypothermia

Question 23

ALL living things require these four things.

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Water, Energy, Space, Stability

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Water, Energy, Force, Stability

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Water, Sunlight, Space, Power

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Mountain Dew, Cheetos, Electricity, Wi-Fi

Question 24

There are many live oaks around Melrose. These organisms are classified as...

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Producers

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Heterotrophs

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Consumers

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Photobionts

Question 25

The local species of fungi: Cantharellus cibarius is and example of a...

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Consumer

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Producer

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Autotroph

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Parasite

Question 26

Humans belong to which domain?

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Eukarya

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Prokarya

Question 27

What is the difference between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

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The presence of a nucleus

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The absence of genetic material

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Sexual vs. Asexual reproduction

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Dominant or Recessive Genes

Question 28

When you go to the doctor or dentist, their tools are often individually sealed in plastic bags.

If the tools have been sanitized, why is it necessary to keep them in sealed bags?

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to block bacterial from recolonizing the surfaces

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to prevent spontaneous generation of the bacteria

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to block the bacteria's access to a host

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to weaken the bacteria's resistance to antibiotics

Question 29

Michelle just found out she is allergic to honeybee stings.

Which other stinging insects are most likely to have a similar toxin?

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insects of the same genus

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insects in the same kingdom

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insects of the same order

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insects of the same class

Question 30

James searches online and discovers that meerkats and ferrets are not even in the same family.

If meerkats and ferrets are in different families, why do they look so similar?

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Two unrelated species can evolve similar characteristics through convergent evolution.

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Species from two different families can be very closely related.

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Classification is an evolving process and the two animals are actually in the same family.

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The two species have the same binomial nomenclature.

Question 31

While looking at a sample of pond water under a microscope, Mr. Swanson observes several unicellular organisms with nuclei.

Based on these observations, he concludes these organisms must be...

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Protists

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Cyanobacteria

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Tardigrades

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Rhinoviruses

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