Classification of Living things

Which of the following is NOT one of the five kingdoms?

• Plants
• Monerans
• Insectd
• Protists

Which is the correct order of the levels of classification?

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

Which of the following describes a moneran?

• one celled organism with a nucleus
• one celled organism without a nucleus

Which level of classification includes organisms of the same type that are able to breed?

• species
• genus
• kingdom
• family

What is taxonomy?

• the study of how dead animals are stuffed
• the study of classification
• the study of giving money to the government

Which of the following describes a protist?

• mostly one celled organism with a nucleus
• mostly one celled organism without a nucleus
• organism that can make its own food
• organism that cannot make its own food

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

A heterotrophic eukaryotic organism with a cell wall that decomposes food for energy is in which kingdom?

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Protista

• Fungus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Unicellular organisms that lack a nucleus and other cellular organelles are known as...

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The two-name naming system used in modern classification of living organisms is called...

• cladogram

• binomial nomenclature

• genetics

• phylogeny

The most specific level of biological classification is...

• kingdom

• genus

• phylum

• species

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NGSS.HS-LS1-2