Glencoe Life Science

Chapter 1: Exploring and Classifying Life

Section 2 Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1
What is the smallest part of an organism that carries on the functions of life?
A)fats
B)homeostasis
C)phylogeny
D)a cell
2
When you touch a hot pan on the stove with your hand, you quickly move your hand away. How do you describe your hand's movement?
A)It is a reaction.
B)It is a dichotomous key.
C)It is part of scientific methods.
D)It is an SI measurement.
3
When a bright light shines in your eyes, you close your eyelids quickly. What is the bright light?
A)a stimulus
B)a predictor
C)a classification
D)a control
4
__________ is a trait of all organisms.
A)A hypothesis
B)Homeostasis
C)A variable
D)Binomial nomenclature
5
How do many-celled organisms grow?
A)Only one of its cells gets bigger.
B)Bacteria invade the cells.
C)The cells use energy from the Sun.
D)They make more cells.
6
What is the process in which new organisms replace those that die?
A)phylogeny
B)homeostasis
C)reproduction
D)photosynthesis
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