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Living Things
7th Grade - Book A - Ch. 1 Living Things
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |