Taxonomy

Taxonomy

6th Grade

12 Qs

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Taxonomy

Taxonomy

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS1-1, MS-LS4-4

+1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

12 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following correctly describes the modern six-kingdom classifications?

Bacteria, Monera, Protist, Fungus, Plant, and Animal

Eubacteria, Archaea, Protist, Fungus, Plant, and Animal

Eubacteria, Archaea, Plant, Animal, Birds, and Fish

Fungus, Plant, Animal, Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

According to the modern classification system, which list is written correctly from least specific to most specific?

species, genus, family, order

phylum, class, genus, order

class, order, genus, species

phylum, order, species, family

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mushrooms, bread molds, and yeasts are classified together in the fungi kingdom. Specific characteristics are used to classify these organisms. Which of the following is a characteristic used to classify these organisms as fungi?

They are parasites.

They are unicellular

They are prokaryotes.

They are heterotrophs.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A biologist discovers a new organism. What helps the biologist classify the new organism into a specific group?

how long the organism lives

where the organism lives

common traits with other organisms

how recently the organism was discovered

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the modern classification system, what category has the most organisms?

Phylum

Kingdom

Order

Family

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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