Classification Exit Ticket

What is an amoeba?

• an amoeba is a eukaryotic, plant-like autotrophic protist who absorbs sunlight

• an amoeba is a unicellular eukaryotic, animal-like heterotrophic protist who has to go find its food.

• an amoeba is a eukaryotic, fungi-like decomposer who eats dead, rotting matter.

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The correct order of classification from the BROADEST group to the most narrow is:

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

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

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

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

An organism that has cells that lack a nucleus are called:

• Eukaryote
• Heterotroph
• Prokaryote
• Autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

An organism that gets its food by consuming other organisms is known as a:

• heterotroph
• autotroph
• prokaryote
• eukaryote

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Which characteristics best describes the Animal Kingdom?

• unicellular, eukaryote, autotroph
• multicellular, prokaryote, heterotroph
• multicellular, eukaryote, autotroph
• multicellular, eukaryote, heterotroph

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How do scientists organize living things?

• by looks
• by shared characteristics
• by size
• by differences

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What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things.

• taxonomy
• taxadermy
• taxicab
• toxicology

If two species share the same class, they also share the same______.

• phylum
• order
• genus
• species

Who is the closest relative to the birds?

• crocodiles
• sharks
• fish
• amphibians

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Use the dichotomous key above to classify the unknown organism in the picture

• Kentuckyus
• Californius
• WalaWala
• Beverlus