Shopping and Product Organization Quiz

What is the purpose of classification according to scientists?

• To create new species

• To organize living and non-living things

• To eliminate non-living things

• To increase the number of species

How does classification help us understand the natural world?

• By making it more complex

• By identifying, comparing, and understanding it better

• By ignoring differences

• By focusing only on living things

On what basis do scientists classify organisms?

• Color and size

• Similar characteristics like having fur, laying eggs, number of legs

• Age and weight

• Speed and strength

What is one reason for classifying things into groups?

• To make them easier to identify, remember, and describe.

• To make them harder to find.

• To increase their population.

• To change their natural habitat.

Why is classification useful in dealing with diseases?

• It helps identify disease-carrying organisms.

• It increases the spread of diseases.

• It makes diseases more complex.

• It prevents the study of diseases.

What is the difference between dead and non-living things?

• Dead things have never been alive, while non-living things were once alive.

• Dead things were once alive, while non-living things have never been alive.

• Dead things and non-living things are the same.

• Non-living things can become alive again.

Which of the following is an example of a non-living thing?

• A squashed snail

• A roast chicken

• A rock

• A fallen leaf

What happens to a living thing when it stops living?

• It becomes non-living

• It becomes dead

• It becomes a rock

• It becomes a plant

Which of the following is a feature common to all living things?

• Ability to fly

• Grow and develop

• Use tools

• Live in water

What is the process called when living things take in and process substances?

• Respiration

• Assimilation

• Reproduction

• Excretion