Exploring and classifying life

Question 1

A living thing

Answer 1

Organism

Question 2

The smallest unit of organisms that carry on life functions

Answer 2

Cells

Question 3

A organism made of a single cell

Answer 3

Unicellular

Question 4

A organism made of multiple cells

Answer 4

Multicellular

Question 5

Anything that an organism reacts to

Answer 5

Stimulus

Question 6

Reaction of an organism to a stimulus

Answer 6

Response

Question 6

Two word naming system

Answer 6

Binomial Nomenclature

Question 7

The maintenance of a stable internal environment

Answer 7

Homeostasis

Question 8

The science of classifying organisms in groups

Answer 8

Taxonomy

Question 9

Devised the current system of classification of organisms

Answer 9

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 10

Second word in an organisms scientific name

Answer 10

Species

Question 11

A group of similar species

Answer 11

Genus

Question 12

The evolutionary history of organisms and how it’s changed over time

Answer 12

Phylogeny

Question 13

A detailed list of classifying organisms with scientific name

Answer 13

Dichotomous key

Question 14

List 3 things a scientist may use to determine an organisms phylogeny

Answer 14

Similarities in DNA and RNA, Genes, Number of chromosomes, Fossils

Question 15

List 5 characteristics of living things

Answer 15

Made of cells, perform complex activities(metabolism, digestion etc), grow and develop, respond to their environment, reproduce, move

Question 16

List the 7 levels of classifying living things

Answer 16

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