Life Science Chapter 2 Study Guide
Name at least 6 characteristics of life.
What are the building blocks of life?
What are three parts of the cell theory?
Was there ever a time when cells didn’t come from preexisting cells? If so when?
What are the four functions of cells?
Who came up with the name of cells? What was he looking at when he found cells? What type of cells
was he looking at?
Why were cells first called cells?
Is there anything inside of cells?
What do you call an organism that is made up of only one cell? Give an example.
What do you call an organism that is made up of several cells? Give three examples.
About how many cells are in the human body?
Do all humans have the same number of cells? Why or why not?
What does it mean to classify something?
What is taxonomy?
What is a taxon? Give an example.
What are the eight basic levels of the modern classification system?
Which one of these taxons isn’t always included in the modern classification system?
What are the parts of a scientific name?
What is the main language used for scientific names? What is the other language that is sometimes used
as well?
Can the way that an organism is classified change? Why or why not?
What is a dichotomous key?
What is the most specific taxon in the modern classification system?
Who proposed the system we use today to classify organisms? What country was he from and what
were his occupations?
Are humans animals?
Are humans mammals?
How are humans different from all other living things created by God?