Kingdom Classification Vocabulary

Group living things, such as plants and animals into kingdoms based on their ancestry and evolutionary history, similarities, and differences.

• taxonomy

• binomial nomenclature

• Classification

• autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Consisting of a single cell.

• autotroph

• genus

• species

• unicellular

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

A set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics and can breed and produce offspring with each other—a specific plant or animal.

• species

• genus

• heterotroph

• autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

2 part Naming System - Genus & Species

• species

• Binomial nomenclature

• Six kingdom system

• classification

A multi-celled organism that has a distinct 

nucleus.

• prokaryote

• genus

• species

• eukaryote

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms, including plants and animals.

• binomial nomenclature

• taxonomy

• six kingdom system

• classification

Classify more than one species including closely related species.

• species

• autotroph

• prokaryote

• genus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Consisting of many cells.

• multicellular

• prokaryote

• autotroph

• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

A microscopic single-celled organism that has no distinct nucleus, and would include the bacteria kingdoms They need a host to survive.

• eukaryote

• autotroph

• genus

• prokaryote

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Living organisms are classified into one of six kingdoms: Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, or Animalia.

• prokaryote

• Six Kingdom System

• binomial nomenclature

• classification