classification and evolution vocabulary practice

The domain __________________________________ is made up of prokaryotes that usually have a cell wall and the at usually reproduce by cell division

• fungi

• plant

• bacteria

• animal

The kingdom __________________________________ is made up of mainly one-celled organisms; organisms that are different from plants, animals and fungi.

• protista

• fungi

• bacteria

• eukarya

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

__________________________________ are organisms that are non-green and reproduce through spores and get food by breaking down substances in their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients.

• bacteria

• plantae

• animalia

• fungi

Tags

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

A__________________________________ is a diagram used to represent relationships among species according to common characteristics.  

• succession diagram

• cladogram

  
  

• dichotomous key

• Punnett square

__________________________________ is the process in which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do.

• natural selection

• evolution

• adaptation

• variation

__________________________________ are the traces or remains of an organism that lived long ago, mostly preserved in sedimentary rocks.

• adaptation

• extinction

• mutation

• fossil

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

__________________________________ is the level of classification that comes after family and contains organisms that are similar in species.

• species

• genus

• kingdom

• order

Tags

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

__________________________________ is a domain made up of prokaryotes most of which are known to live in extreme/harsh environments.

• archaea

• bacteria

• eukarya

• protista

 __________________________________ are organisms that eat other organisms for food.

• autotroph

• fungi

• species

• heterotroph

 The kingdom __________________________________ is made up of complex, multicellular organisms that are usually green and have cell walls and cannot move around and use the sun’s energy to make sugar by photosynthesis.

• animalia

• plantae

• protista

• fungi

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6