Prefix/ Suffix
Taxa
Domains
Kingdoms
Odds and Ends
100

This is the meaning of the prefix Alb-

What is the color white? 

100

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things. 

What is taxonomy? 

100

Halophiles belong to this domain because they are organisms that thrive in high salt concentrations.

What is Archaea?

100

E. coli are unicellular organisms that are found in this kingdom. 

What is bacteria? 

100

All scientific names should be written in this form. 

What is italics? 

200

Where does an amphibian’s life cycle occur?  

What is BOTH land and water? 

200

This is the most specific taxon

What is a species? 

200

This domain of life represents the most abundant forms of life on Earth

What is bacteria?

200

Yeast, that make bread rise, belong to this kingdom. 

What is Fungi? 

200

These plants depend on animals to carry pollen and disperse seeds. 

What are angiosperms? 

300

Zooplankton are types of free-floating marine organisms that mostly resemble these

What are animals?

300

Organisms that belong to the same phylum must belong to this same group. 

What is a kingdom or domain? 

300

These organisms have the ability to make their own food/energy. 

What is an autotroph? 

300

Sponges obtain their food from other organisms and can move around at least one point in their life cycle. Therefor they are part of this kingdom.  

What is Animalia? 

300

Because they are woody plants, the seeds of which are NOT enclosed in fruits, pines are classified as this type of plant. 

What is a gymnosperm? 

400

What words come together to make the classification meaning “jointed foot?”

What is "Arthropod?" 

400

This is the order of taxa from largest to smallest. 

What is domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species? 

400
This is the primary difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. 

What is the presence of a nucleus? 

400

This kingdom serves as the initial source of food in most freshwater ecosystems.

What is protista? 

400

Ursus arctos and Ursus americanus belong to this same taxon group. 

What is a genus? 

500

Which of the prefix means “color?”

What is "Chrom-?"

500

The scientist who is recognized for developing our modern classification system. 

Who is Carolus Linnaeus?

500

What are the three domains in the classification of life?

What are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya?

500

This kingdom is made up of heterotrophic organisms with cell walls made of cellulose?

What is Plantae?

500
These two groups make up the scientific name for an organism. 

What are the genus and the species?