Classification

What is classification?

• grouping things based on their differences

• grouping things based on random ideas

• grouping things based on their similarities

Why is it so important to classify living things?

• it's less organized and harder to study

• it's more organized and easier to study

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What are the eight levels of classification of living things?

• Did King Phillip Come Over For Great Soup?

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

• Did King Philip Come Over For My Party?

Which group is the most specific (least diverse) and smallest group?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Species

What is one reliable tool that scientists use for identifying organisms?

• Dictionary

• encyclopedia

• google

• a Field Guide

What is another reliable tool that scientists use for identifying organisms

• google

• youtube

• dictionary

• a taxonomic key

Taxonomic keys require you to read ________ statements and choose the one that is correct.

• one

• two

• three

• four

"Pro" means

• yes, it has a nucleus

• no, it does not have a nucleus

"Eu" means

• true.......it has a nucleus

• no nucleus

What is an autotroph?

• an organism that can make its own food

• An organism that has to go find food to eat or consume

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6