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Science Test
Question | Answer |
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Name the 3 things all organisms need. | Food,Water,Shelter |
Explain the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph in your own words. | Autotroph makes it's own food using photosynthesis and a Heterptroph gets it's energy by feeding off something else. |
Where do most autotrophs get their energy from? | The Sun |
What are the 6 characteristics of living things? | |
What does binomial nomenclature mean? | The two part scientific name. |
hat does the first word in a scientific name represent? The second name? | The first word represents the genus and the second name represents the species. |
What are the 4 rules for writing a scientific name correctly? | The word is in italics. 2. The first letter of the genus needs to be uppercased. 3. The first word is the genus. 4. The second word is the species. |
What is taxonomy? | The classification of organism groups. |
What are the seven levels of modern classification? | Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
Which of the 7 levels is the broadest and includes the widest range of organisms? Which is most specific? | Kingdom has the widest range of organisms. Species is the most specific level. |
Name at least 4 characteristics scientists use to determine which organisms will be in each kingdom. | Do they have a nucleus? How do they get energy? How many cells do they have? Is the organism sessile or motile? |