Crockett: Classification of Living Things: Open Note Quiz #1

The kingdoms of living things are part of what kind of system?

• classification

• solar

• water

• nitrogen

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What does this classification system help scientists do?

• obtain a PHD

• Helps scientists find, identify, and study living things

• eliminate pollution

• improve the ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How are living things arranged in this system?

• by things they do NOT have in common

• based on Darwin's Theory

• Into groups that have one or more characteristics in common 

• they are not organized

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What else is found within this classification system?

• RNA

• mitochondrial DNA

• functions

• Hierarchy 

What is hierarchy?

• a way of identifying planets

• Jaxson uses this to seed his NCAA teams

• not a word used in science

• a system of things that are ranked one above the other. 

How are organisms placed in this hierarchy?

• animals always go first

• organisms are not placed in a hierarchy

• on levels in this hierarchy according to their physical characteristics and activities. 

• protist are not allowed in the hierarchy

What are the levels in the correct order?

• There is no particular order

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species 

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

• Genus, Species, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family

What level is at the top of the hierarchy?

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Genus

• Species

What do organisms within a kingdom share?

• characteristics like absence of cell structures like a nucleus or cell wall. 

• a similar mate

• a similar parent

• They do not have to share anything

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How many kingdoms do scientists recognize today?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7