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Introduction to Taxonomy and Levels of Classification

Introduction to Taxonomy and Levels of Classification

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Biology

6th - 9th Grade

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Medium

NGSS
MS-LS4-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Mrs. Blickle

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12 Slides • 7 Questions

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Introduction to Taxonomy and Levels of Classification

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Taxonomy is a useful tool because it...(select all that apply)

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Creates a system for organizing

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Used consistently by many scientists

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Keeps track of the many living things

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Makes it easy to name living things

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Multiple Choice

What is the largest, most general category for organzing living things?

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Domain

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Kingdom

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Family

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Species

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Multiple Choice

Organisms A & B share a kingdom. Organisms A & C share a genus. Which are more closely related?

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Organisms A & B

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Organisms A & C

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Organisms B & C

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Multiple Choice

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Based on the descriptions, which domain would humans fall into?

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Bacteria

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Archaea

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Eukarya

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Multiple Select

Which kingdoms have organisms that can move around on their own?

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Protista

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Fungi

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Plantae

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Animalia

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Multiple Choice

True or false: all fungi and all animalia cannot make their own food.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

Which of this is a correctly written scientific name?

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Vulpes Vulpes

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Vulpes vulpes

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VULPES VULPES

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vulpes Vulpes

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