U9 Taxonomy Vocabulary

mode of reproduction with only ONE parent

• sexual reproduction

• asexual reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

organisms, known as producers in a food chain, capable of making their own food

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Check all that apply. The three parts of the cell theory are:

• All living things are made from one or more cells.

• Cells are the basic unit of structure and function of living things.

• Cells are the largest living organism.

• All cells come only from other living cells.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Click all examples of heterotrophs

• plants

• animals

• bacteria

• some types of fungi and protists

Identify how this organism and how it gets its energy.

• fungi, heterotroph, decomposer

• plant, heterotroph, producer

• animal, autotroph, consumer

• fungi, autotroph, producer

• protista, heterotroph, consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which type of organism below eats ONLY MEAT?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Scavenger

Which type of organism breaks down dead animal and plant matter, absorbs a portion of it and recycles the rest back into the ecosystem?

• Producer

• Autotroph

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Mushrooms and mold are in what kingdom

• Fungi

• Protist

• Plant

• Animal

broadest classification of living organisms

• kingdom

• species

• domain

• phylum

the second broadest classification of living organisms

• kingdom

• species

• domain

• phylum