classification of living things

Scientists place organisms into one of six groups. These groups are also called what?

• kingdoms

• classes

• orders

• traits

Which of the following is NOT one of the smaller groups in a kingdom?

• phylum

• class

• order

• traits

What is a trait?

• smallest one-celled organism

• characteristic used to classify and identify a living thing

• a harmful effect of some microorganism

Classification is the system used for identifying organisms.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Organisms in the same kingdom have ______________ Charecteristics.

• similar

• different

• many

What do we call the group that makes up of one type of organism?

• protists

• kingdoms

• species

• classifications

A kingdom is divided into smaller groups. These groups are phylum, class, order, _______________, genus, and species.

• trait

• group

• family

• classify

What are one-celled organisms called?

• tiny

• microorganisms

• nucleus

• tissues

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Kingdoms that include organisms made up of one cell are bacteria, ______________, and _____________ .

• protists, fungi

• nucleus, microorganism

• class, order

• genus, species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What do scientists use to identify individual types of organisms?

• similar traits and class

• species and genus names

• traits and kingdom