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Living Things
7th Grade - Book A - Ch. 1 Living Things
Question | Answer |
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What is an organism's ability to maintain stable internal conditions? | homeostasis |
What two kingdoms contain ONLY heterotrophs? | Animals and Fungi |
What is the process of becoming a more complex organism? | Development |
What is the process of an organism becoming larger? | growth |
Which scientist organized animals into groups according to observable features? | Carolus Linneaus |
Which scientists used electricity to create earth's atmosphere and lightning? | Miller and Urey |
What are the four kingdoms of eukaryotes? | animals, plants, fungi and protists |
What is the dense part of a cell that contains nucleic acids? | nucleus |
What is the most abundant chemical in cells? | Water |
Which level of the classification system would have an organism that can produce offspring? | Species |
What type of experiment has two groups with one group having only one factor or variable changed? | Controlled Experiment |
What type of organism can produce its own food? | autotroph |
What type of organism cannot produce its own food? | heterotroph |
What organism is made up of one cell? | unicellular |
What organism is made up of many cells? | multicellular |
Are members of the domain Bacteria a prokaryote or eukaryote? | Prokaryote |
What domain is named after the ancient extreme environment they originated from? | Archaea |
What are ancient living things that are preserved in rocks? | Fossils |
What is the first word in an organism's scientific name? | Genus |
What is the second word in an organism's scientific name? | Species |
What is the scientific study of how living things are classified? | Taxonomy |
What domain contains organisms that have a nucleus? | Eukaryote |
What is the naming system that Linneaus used to classify organisms? | Binomial Nomenclature |
What causes a reaction to a change in an organism's environment? | Stimulus |
What are the four things that living organisms need to survive? | Food, water, living space and stable internal conditions |
According to a creation point of view, how old is earth? | 5,000-6,000 years old |
According to an evolution point of view, how old is earth? | 13.5 billion years old |