Naming Organisms
Characteristics of Living Things
Hodge Podge
Which Kingdom?
Which Domain?
100
Scientists put living things into groups according to similarities in these.
What are characteristics?
100

The three of the four needs of living things.

What is Food, Water, Living Space, Internal Stable Conditions?

100
Organisms that are composed of many cells.
What is multicellular?
100
Human.
What is the Animal Kingdom?
100
Name one of the two Domains where cells do NOT contain a nucleus.
What are Bacteria and Archaea?
200
This is the study of how organisms are classified.
What is taxonomy?
200
Living things that must consume other living things for food are called this.
What are heterotrophs?
200
An organism reacts to a stimulus with an action or change in behavior. What is this called?
What is response?
200

Domains that include only Prokaryotes.

What is the Bacteria and Archea?

200
The cells of organisms in this domain contain a nucleus.
What are Eukaryotes?
300
Which level of classification is the most broad? Phylum Species Kingdom Domain
What is Domain?
300

similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor (example – bones in bird’s wing, dolphin fin, and dog leg are very similar)


What are homologous structures?

300
Organisms maintaining stable internal conditions.
What is homeostasis?
300
Which kingdoms consists of both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
What is funji and protist.
300
You have many of these microorganisms living in your large intestine and can find them in your yogurt at lunch.
What are Bacteria?
400
In the gray wolf's scientific name "Canis lupus", the word "Canis" tells you what about the organism?
What is genus?
400
These are organisms that are able to make their own food (usually with sunlight).
What are autotrophs?
400
This is a cell that, unlike the eukaryote, does NOT contain a nucleus.
What is a prokaryote?
400
Group of organisms includes only multicellular autotrophs.
What is the Plant Kingdom?
400
Fungi and Protists are in this Domain.
What is Eukaryote.
500
As you move down the levels of classification, the number of organisms decreases. What is occurring with the organism as you move down?
What is sharing more characteristics and are more related?
500
What type of characteristics should you include when creating a taxonomic (dichotomous) key for an organism?
What is physical characteristics?
500
A series of paired sentences that describe various physical characteristics of different organisms.
What is a taxonomic key? (or Dichotomous)
500
He is the scientist who started taxonomy as we know it today.
What is the Carolus Linneaus?
500
These can be found in extreme environments where most other kinds of life could not survive.
What are Archaea?
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