classifying living things

Question 1

any living thing

Answer 1

organism

Question 2

smallest unit of life

Answer 2

cell

Question 3

one cell

Answer 3

unicellular

Question 4

more than one cell

Answer 4

multicellular

Question 5

any thing a organism reacts to

Answer 5

stimulus

Question 6

reaction of an organism to a stimuli

Answer 6

response

Question 7

the maintenance of steady conditions inside an organism

Answer 7

homeostasis

Question 8

the study of classifying

Answer 8

taxonomy

Question 9

written in italics or underlined

Answer 9

binomial nomenclature

Question 10

divied the current system of classification

Answer 10

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 11

second word in an organism’s scientific name

Answer 11

species

Question 12

group of similar species

Answer 12

genus

Question 13

the evolutionary history of an organism or how it has changed over time

Answer 13

phylogeny

Question 14

detailed list of identifying characteristics that includes scientific names

Answer 14

dichotomous key

Question 15

list 4 things a scientist may use to determine an organisms phylogeny

Answer 15

1. genus 2. number of chromosomes 3. fossils 4. similarities in DNA & RNA

Question 16

list 7 characteristics of living things

Answer 16

1. made up of cells 2. responds to the environment 3. grows & matures 4. energy 5. reproduction 6. movement 7. perform complex activities (metabolism, digestion, etc.)

Question 17

list 7 levels of classifying living things

Answer 17

1. Kingdom 2. Phylum 3. Class 4. Order 5. Family 6. Genus 7. Species

Question 18

go to the study guide to do the essay question and the dichotomous key worksheet

Answer 18

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