Classify Life Vocabulary

What is the broadest group into which an organism can be classified?

• Species

• Kingdom

• Family

• Genus

Which of the following is the narrowest group into which an organism can be classified?

• Kingdom

• Class

• Species

• Order

What do decomposers do in an ecosystem?

• Make their own food

• Break down the remains of dead organisms

• Eat plants

• Eat meat

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is a producer?

• A lion

• A mushroom

• A tree

• A rabbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What type of consumer eats only plants?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

Which of the following is a tool used by scientists to classify organisms?

• Microscope

• Dichotomous key

• Telescope

• Thermometer

What type of consumer eats both plants and meat?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Producer

Which of the following is a consumer that eats only meat?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Producer

The science of finding patterns or organizing categories for living things

• dichotomous key

• classification

• kingdom

• species

a tool scientists use to classify organisms

• classification

• grouping

• kingdom

• dichotomous key