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Which characteristic is used to classify frogs into a different phylum from squid, snails, and jellyfish?
a) Frogs have backbones.
b) Frogs live on land.
c) Frogs breathe oxygen.
d) Frogs are predators.

Which of these is the best description of a typical organism in the Plant kingdom?
a) Is unicellular
b) Lacks a nucleus
c) Makes its own food
d) Lacks a cell wall

Which of the following classification groups contains organisms that have the most characteristics in common?
a) Kingdom
b) Class
c) Species
d) Phylum

What is one of the most important differences between plants and animals?
a) Plants can produce their own food while animals must consume their food.
b) Plants consume their food but animals can use the sun to produce their food.
c) Plants do not move but animals can.
d) Plants do not need water but animals do.

Scientists classify living organisms by —
a) the type of brain the organism has
b) giving each one several different kingdom names
c) determining if the organism is harmful or helpful
d) placing them in groups with organisms that share similar characteristics

For an organism to be classified in the animal kingdom, which characteristic must the organism have?
a) Unicellular, without a nucleus, without a cell wall, autotrophic
b) Unicellular, with a nucleus, with a cell wall, heterotrophic
c) Multicellular, with a nucleus, with a cell wall, autotrophic
d) Multicellular, with a nucleus, without a cell wall, heterotrophic

The scientific name for the domestic dog is Canis familiaris. What part of this name is the species name?
a) Felis
b) Dog
c) familiaris
d) Canis

In the past, fungi were classified as plants. Today, fungi are placed into their own kingdom. What is the most important difference between plants and fungi?
a) People are able to eat plants, but they are unable to eat fungi.
b) Plants are autotrophs and fungi are heterotrophs.
c) Plant cells have a nucleus and fungi cells do not.
d) Fungi cells have a cell wall, but plant cells do not.

Archaebacteria and Eubacteria are the only living organisms that do not have —
a) a cell wall
b) a nucleus
c) cytoplasm
d) flagella

Centipedes, millipedes, crustaceans, and arachnids are classified as
a) insects
b) mammals
c) arthropods
d) mollusks

Which scientist developed the system of classification known as binomial nomenclature?
a) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b) John Ray
c) Carolus Linnaeus
d) Francesco Redi

Arthropods have a special structure that supports and protects their body from the outside. What is this structure called?
a) Cambium
b) A bony internal skeleton
c) A thick endoskeleton
d) An exoskeleton

Which trait is shared by all Cnidarians?
a) Stinging cells on their tentacles
b) B Advanced organ systems
c) Hair or fur
d) Rough, bumpy skin

The structure of DNA can best be described as a —
a) single helix
b) duo helix
c) double helix
d) triple helix

What was Rosalind Franklin's contribution to the understanding of genetics?
a) Invention of the microscope
b) X-ray photographs of DNA
c) A description of the structure of DNA
d) A model of the reproduction process of DNA

Which statement is a basic belief about living things?
a) All cells are microscopic and considered to be non-living.
b) The cell is the second to smallest living organism.
c) Cells are created from existing cells through cell division.
d) All organisms can only be composed of one single cell

In order to live successfully in the tundra, a plant must possess an adaptation of tolerance to —
a) increased amounts of minerals in the soil
b) severe hurricane activity
c) extremely low temperatures
d) excessive amounts of precipitation

A student is investigating the amount of bacteria growth in different environmental temperatures. What is the independent variable in the experiment?
a) Amount of bacteria growth
b) Types of bacteria
c) Types of environments
d) Temperature of the environment

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