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Plants&Bacteria
Science Gr. 6 Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react is called: | Stimulus |
| What do all living things need to survive? | Food, Water, Shelter, and Homeostasis |
| Homeostasis refers to the organism's ability to: | Maintain stable internal conditions |
| What is a taxonomic key used for? | Determining the identity of an organism |
| To survive on Earth, the first cells needed the ability to: | Take in oxygen from the atmosphere |
| Scientists hypothesize that the first life forms on Earth did not need ______ to survive. | Oxygen |
| Why do scientists organize living things into groups? | So, that the organisms are easier to study |
| What is the broadest level of classification? | Domain |
| An organisms scientific name consists of it's: | Genus and Species |
| The more classification levels that two organisms share the more: | Characteristics they have in common |
| The experiments of Redi and Pasteur helped to show: | That spontaneous generation does not exist |
| An organism that makes its own food is an: | Autotroph |
| An organism that does not make its own food is a: | Heterotroph |
| Which group of organisms only includes multicellular heterotrophs? | Animals |
| A plant grows towards the light. This plant's action is an example of a: | Response |
| All plants are: | Autotrophs |
| Which kingdoms include both unicellular and multicellular organisms? | Protists and Fungi |
| Spontaneous generation is a mistaken idea because: | Living things can't arise from nonliving things |
| Which domain(s) include(s) prokaryotes? | Bacteria and Archea |
| What is binomial nomenclature? | A two part naming system for organisms |
| Define domain: | Broadest level of classification |
| Who was Linnaeus? | He devised a system for naming organisms called binomial nomenclature |
| What is the difference between an autotroph and heterotroph? | Autotrophs are organisms that can produce their own food, Heterotrophs rely on other sources for food. |
| What is classification? | The process of grouping things based on similarities |