Taxonomy and Classification

Which set of words use the proper terms to write a scientific name?  (NOTE: all should be underlined)

• Kingdom phylum
• Class Order
• Genus species 
• Genus Family  

Which kingdom is being described:  prokaryotic, unicellular, asexual,  can give you a sore throat (pathogenic); helps make food like cheese or pickles

• Protista
• Animalia
• Archaebacteria
• Eubacteria 

Which kingdom is being described?
unicellular; eukaryotic: true nucleus; animal-like (based on how they move) like amoebas; plant-like (based on colors) like algea; forms Red Tides; fungal-like live in cool, dark, damp places 

• Fungi
• Animalia
• Plantae
• Protista 

If you saw a unicellular, prokaryotic organism that lives in extreme environments like a salty brine pool or on an ice sheet in Antarctica or near a deep sea ocean vent, you would be looking at: 

• fungi
• protist
• archaebacteria
• eubacteria

What is the proper list of scientific names? 

•  D K  C O F P G S 
• K D G C O F S P 
• D K P C O F G S 
• D P K C F O G S 

Name the kingdom being described: 
multi-cellular; eukaryotic; absorptive heterotroph; no chloroplasts; decomposers; has a cell wall made of chitin; has vegetative and reproductive mycelium

• fungus
• protist
• plant
• animals

The 8 levels of classification, from most broad to most specific are ...

• Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
• Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
• Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
• Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Autotrophs- make their own  food.
Heterotrophs- obtain food from other animals.
Observing the table above, Fungi and Animals are________?

• Autotrophs
• Heterotrophs

An organism that can't make its own food and must consume other living things:

• heterotroph
• multicellular
• unicellular
• autotroph

An organism that can make its own food is called:

• heterotroph
• unicellular
• autotroph
• multicellular