Classification of Living Things 2023

Which kingdom has the following characteristics... Eukaryotic, No cell wall multicellular, heterotrophic (ingestion of food).

• Bacteria

• Protista

• Plant

• Animal

Which kingdom has the following characteristics... Eukaryotic, cell walls, multicellular, and autotrophic

• Bacteria

• Protista

• Plant

• Animal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which kingdom has the following characteristics... Eukaryotic, mostly unicellular, mostly aquatic (live in water) and some are autotrophic and some heterotrophic.

• Bacteria

• Protista

• Plant

• Animal

Which kingdom has the following characteristics... Eukaryotic, cell walls made of chitin, mostly multicellular, and heterotrophic (extracellular absorption).

• Fungi

• Protista

• Plant

• Animal

Match the following

• Heterotroph

• Heterotroph (definition)

• an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals

• Autotroph

  (definition)

• Autotroph

• Animalia/Fungi/

  Animal-like Protista

• an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients

• Plantae/Plant-like Protista

Place the levels of classification in order according to the charts below.

e

f

g

h

d

c

b

a

Species

Phylum

Class

Kingdom

Order

Genus

Family

Domain

A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves and have offspring that are fertile (capable of reproducing)

• Genus

• Phylum

• Species

• Animal Family

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

The image shows a multicellular organism. This organism lives in water and can best be viewed using a microscope. It often reproduces asexually by budding, has no cell walls, and obtains energy by eating other organisms. Into what kingdom would you classify this organism?

• Animalia

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Protista

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Marine sponges are multicellular organisms that can live on coral reefs. Their cells do not have cell walls. They eat by filtering organic particles and plankton out of water. Sponges belong to which kingdom?

• Animalia

• Fungi

• Plantae

• Archeabacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

The scientific name of the sugar maple is Acer saccharum. What does the second part of the name, saccharum, designate?

• Genus

• Species

• Family

• Kingdom