Taxonomy

The diagram shows taxonomic groups and a major distinguishing characteristic of all but two of them. Which characteristics will be used to complete the chart?

• nonphotosynthetic - photosynthetic

• autotrophic - heterotrophic

• no nucleus - nucleus

• motile - nonmotile

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A student want to use the Venn diagram to show the characteristics of two kingdoms of organisms. The characteristics that the two kingdoms share will be listed in the shaded area where the circles intersect. Which of these is a characteristic that the student should list in the shaded part of the diagram?

• heterotrophic

• mobile

• prokaryotic

• multicellular

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

You find a species that seems to be unicellular and is eating smaller cells around it. It has organelles and a nucleus. Which kingdom is it MOST likely a part of?

• Fungi

• Bacteria

• Protists

• Plants

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Which list of characteristics describes organisms classified as animals?

• autotrophic, multicellular, prokaryotic

• multicellular eukaryotic, heterotrophic

• unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic

• multicellular, eukaryotic, autotrophic

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Chemistry

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name

• genus and species name

• domain and kingdom name

• kingdom and phylum name

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• Charles Darwin

• Louis Pasteur

What is the correct order of taxonomy?

• Kingdom, pylum, class, species, genus, family, class

• Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

• Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• species, phylum, order, class, kingdom, family, genus

Mosquito  belongs to what kingdom?

• Animal Kingdom

• Plant Kingdom

• Fungi Kingdom

• Protista Kingdom

Dandelion, What kingdom does it belongs to?

• Plant Kingdom

• Animal Kingdom

• Fungi Kingdom

• Protista Kingdom