Taxonomy & Classification Vocabulary

What is the arrangement of animals and plants in taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities called?

• Taxonomy

• Classification

• Ecosystem

• Multicellular

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which branch of science formally names and classifies organisms by their structure, function, and relationships?

• Ecosystem

• Autotrophs

• Taxonomy

• Heterotrophs

What term describes shared traits or common features?

• Difference

• Similarity

• Group

• Characteristic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is a way that things are not alike called?

• Similarity

• Group

• Difference

• Characteristic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What term describes many individuals gathered together or having some common relationship?

• Group

• Ecosystem

• Taxonomy

• Classification

What is a feature that helps identify something?

• Ecosystem

• Characteristic

• Multicellular

• Prokaryotic cell

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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What is a system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them?

• Taxonomy

• Ecosystem

• Classification

• Autotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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What is a single-celled freshwater animal with a slipper-like shape and covered with cilia called?

• Prokaryotic cell

• Eukaryotic cell

• Paramecium

• Multicellular

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

What is a microscopic single-celled organism without a distinct nucleus or specialized organelles?

• Eukaryotic cell

• Prokaryotic cell

• Multicellular

• Autotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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What type of organism consists of cells with DNA in a distinct nucleus?

• Prokaryotic cell

• Eukaryotic cell

• Paramecium

• Heterotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2