Unit 1 Review -Dichotomous Key, Classification & 6 Kingdoms

The eight levels of classification, from general to specific, are

• domain, kingdom, class, order, phylum, family, genus, species
• somain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, order, genus, species
• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
• domain, kingdom, class, phylum, order, family, genus, species

The science of describing, classifying, and naming organisms is

• taxonomy
• life science
• organization
• classification

For hundreds of years, people thought all living things belonged to one of two groups. What were the two groups?

• living and nonliving
• animals and flowers
• animals and plants
• microscopic and nonmicroscopic

What can you find out by working through a dichotomous key in order?

• how many birds migrate north to south
• the identity of an organism
• how long slime mold can live
• when a species first appeared on Earth

The scientific name for the common house cat is Felis domesticus. What is its specific name?

• Felis
• house cat
• domesticus
• feline

What would scientists do if they discovered organisms that could not fit into any of the four kingdoms of the domain Eukarya?

• destroy the newly discovered organisms
• change the newly discovered organisms so they fit one of the four kingdoms
• create new kingdoms
• leave the newly discovered organisms alone

The simple, single-celled organisms that live in your intestines are classified in the kingdom

• Eukarya
• Archaea
• Protista
• Eubacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Animalia, Protista, Fungi, and Archaea are the

• scientists who organized taxonomy
• names of kingdoms
• levels of classification
• scientific names of different organisms

This kingdom includes complex, multicellular organisms that are usually green, have cell walls, and make sugar by photosynthesis

• fungi
• bacteria
• plantae
• archaea

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

This kingdom includes mostly single-celled or simple multicellular organisms.

• Protista
• Eubacteria
• Archaebacteria
• Fungi