Biodiversity and the Classification System

Biodiversity can best be explained as;

• Lots of different animals

• Variety of life living within ecosystems and interacting with each other.

• Habitats and the species that live in them

• Things on planet earth

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are the 5 main kingdoms of living things?

• Animal, Protist, Monera, Plant, Fungi

• Arthropods, Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Birds, Fish

• Mammals, Fish, Birds, Plants, Insects

• Animal, Plant, Fungi, Arthropods, Monera

Bacteria is a species from what kingdom?

• Protists

• Monera

• Plant

• Insects

What kingdom a chicken belong to?

• Mammal

• Bird

• Animal

• Protist

What kingdom does a blue whale belong to?

• Amphibian

• Fish

• Mammal

• Bird

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What kingdom does mold belong to?

• Fungi

• Plant

• Protist

• Monera

What kingdom does a single cell organism found in wet areas belong to?

• Monera

• Protist

• Fungi

• Bacteria

Species who have backbone inside of their bodies are called;

• Invertebrates

• Vertebrates

• Reptiles

• Amphibians

Invertebrates are broken down into worms, molluscs, echinoderms, arthropods AND;

• Crustaceans

• Myriapods

• Sponge / Coral

• Insects

Arthropods are broken down into Myriapods, Insects AND;

• Crustaceans and arachnids

• Centipedes and arachnids

• Centipedes and Millipedes

• Crustaceans and Millipedes