Classifications

At the species level, organisms share many characteristics. What does this mean?

• They don’t have anything in  common and aren’t related.
• They live close to each other on Earth.
• They are very similar, can reproduce, and produce offspring that can mate and reproduce.
• It is very easy to tell them apart because they are so different.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which kingdoms include BOTH unicellular and multicellular organisms?

• protist and fungi kingdoms
• plant, animal, and protist kingdoms
• animal and bacteria kingdoms
• protist and plant kingdoms

An organism’s scientific name consists of

• its species name first then its domain
• its genus name first then a distinct characteristic of the organism
• its class name first then its family name
• its kingdom name first then its phylum name

Which domain(s) include only prokaryotes?

• archea only
• bacteria only
• bacteria and archea
• bacteria and eukarya

Characteristics used to place organisms into domains and kingdoms

• are their ability to reproduce, the cells in the body, and feeding habits
• are their ability to make food, how many cells they have, and if they have a nucleus
• are their ability to reproduce and move
• are where they live and how many cells they have

An organism that is unable to ingest/absorb nutrients is a(n)

• autotroph
• heterotroph
• prokaryote
• eukaryote

Who developed the naming system used today to help classify organisms?

• Charlie Brown
• Carol Linus
• Carl  Linnaeus
• Linus and Lucy

What did Linnaeus base his classification system on?

• class and species
• phylum and class
• domain and kingdom
• observable features/characteristics

The ____________________________ kingdom are the only eukaryotes that contain both unicellular and multicellular organisms that can be either autotrophs or heterotrophs.

• fungi
• protist
• plants
• animals

A(n) _____________________________ organisms consist of many cells doing specific jobs.

• prokaryote
• eukaryote
• unicellular
• multicellular