Download CLASSIFICATION: 6 Kingdoms and Taxonomy Vocabulary to Know

CLASSIFICATION: 6 Kingdoms and Taxonomy
Vocabulary to Know (look up and write the definition of each):
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Eukaryotic
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Prokaryotic
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Autotroph
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Heterotroph
Concepts to Know:
 6 kingdoms (plant, animal, fungi, protest, bacteria, archaeabacteria)
 Levels of classification (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species; see below)
 Binomial nomenclature (every living organism has a “Latin name” which consists of its genus and
species name; ex. our Latin name is Homo sapiens)
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Read/Watch the following web pages and complete the following grid:
http://www.ck12.org/book/Life-Science-Honors-For-Middle-School/r1/section/2.3/Classification-of-LivingThings
http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/six_kingdoms/
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/sixkingdoms (user name: sandwichps, password: brainpop)
and take the review quiz (not the classic quiz)
Kingdom
Type of cell
How it eats
Animal
Eukaryotic
Heterotroph (gets
its food)
# of Cells
Example
Multicellular
Tree; flower
Heterotroph
Prokaryotic
Mushroom
Unicellular
Prokaryotic
Protist
Found in bottom of
deep sea vents
Seaweed; Amoeba
Answer the following MCAS Questions:
1.) Anya is observing an organism in the laboratory. The table below shows her observations.
The organism Anya is observing most likely belongs to which kingdom?
A. Animalia
B. Eubacteria
C. Fungi
D. Plantae
2.) The picture below shows a paramecium. In which kingdom is the paramecium classified?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Plantae
D. Protista
3.) The illustration below represents two protists (C=Euglena, B=Paramecium).
What do these two organisms have in common?
A. They are unicellular.
B. They cause diseases.
C. They live underground.
D. They are photosynthetic.
4.) The picture below shows a cell from an organism. In which kingdom is the cell classified?
A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Plantae
D. Protista