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9th grade Classification: domains, kingdoms and scientific names worksheet

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Classification: domains, kingdoms and scientific names

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  1. Read this first

    Four levels, not in order (real facts)

    letterlevel
    Akingdom
    Bphylum
    Cdomain
    Dspecies
  2. Ari puts four levels of classification in order, largest group first. Which order is correct?

    • A, C, B, D
    • C, B, A, D
    • D, B, A, C
    • C, A, B, D
  3. Bo puts four levels of classification in order, largest group first. Which order is correct?

    • D, A, C, B
    • B, C, A, D
    • D, A, B, C
    • A, D, C, B
  4. Four of the dog's groups, not in order (real facts)

    lettergroup of the dog
    ACarnivora
    BEukarya
    CMammalia
    DAnimalia
  5. Esme puts four of the dog's groups in order, largest group first. Which order is correct?

    • D, B, C, A
    • B, D, C, A
    • B, C, D, A
    • A, C, D, B
  6. Dog and cat (real facts)

    leveldogcat
    domainEukaryaEukarya
    kingdomAnimaliaAnimalia
    phylumChordataChordata
    classMammaliaMammalia
    orderCarnivoraCarnivora
    familyCanidaea different family
  7. Jun counts the levels that a dog and a cat share. How many levels do they share?

    • Six: domain to family
    • Five: domain to order
    • Three: domain to phylum
    • Four: domain to class
  8. Model animals R and S (model data)

    levelRS
    domainEukaryaEukarya
    kingdomAnimaliaAnimalia
    phylumZornZorn
    classPlenkBrix
    orderKaloSorn
    familyTaviDree
    genusMelaQuill
    speciesnurivera
  9. Luz counts the levels that two model animals share. How many of the eight levels do R and S share?

    • Four: domain to class
    • Five: class to species, where they differ
    • Three: domain to phylum
    • Eight: domain to species
  10. Three organisms (real facts)

    organismwhat it is
    Escherichia colia bacterium
    ferna plant
    garden peaa plant
  11. Noah sorts three organisms into domains. Which sorting is correct?

    • Fern, pea and Escherichia coli in Eukarya, since each has a nucleus
    • Fern and pea in Eukarya, Escherichia coli in Archaea
    • Fern and pea in Bacteria, Escherichia coli in Eukarya
    • Fern and pea in Eukarya, Escherichia coli in Bacteria
  12. A new cell card (model data)

    featurewhat the cell has
    nucleusno
    peptidoglycan in the wallno
    lipid link in the membraneether bond
  13. Pia reads a card for a new cell. Which domain fits it?

    • Archaea: no nucleus, no peptidoglycan, ether-linked lipids
    • Bacteria: no nucleus, which is enough to place it in Bacteria
    • Plantae: a cell like this belongs to the plant kingdom
    • Eukarya: its DNA is held inside a nucleus like other cells
  14. Model plants M and N (model data)

    levelMN
    domainEukaryaEukarya
    kingdomPlantaePlantae
    phylumVeldiaVeldia
    classOrrinOrrin
    orderTambaKalo
    familyDorixSorn
    genusPelorMirel
    speciesrubraalba
  15. Ren reads a card for two model plants. Which statement follows from the card?

    • They share a class, so they must share an order too
    • They share a class, so they share the phylum, kingdom and domain too
    • They differ in order, so they cannot share a domain
    • They share a class, so they must share a genus too
  16. The dog's groups from largest to smallest (real facts)

    stepgroup of the dog
    1Eukarya
    2Animalia
    3Chordata
    4Mammalia
    5Carnivora
    6Canidae
    7Canis
    8lupus
  17. Tala knows that a dog and a cat share the class Mammalia. Which group must they also share?

    • Canidae, the family below class
    • Chordata, the phylum above class
    • Canis, the genus below class
    • Plantae, a kingdom that holds both
  18. “Tree (real groups, not to scale):” Zee reads a nested tree. What is the smallest named group on it that holds both the dog and the garden pea?

    • Animalia, the kingdom of the dog
    • Mammalia, the class of the dog
    • Eukarya, the domain that holds both
    • Plantae, the kingdom of the garden pea
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Classification: domains, kingdoms and scientific names. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can name the three domains, Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya, and say that the domain is the first split of the tree and the largest group.
  • I can say that Bacteria and Archaea cells have no nucleus, that Eukarya cells have a nucleus, and that animals, plants and fungi are Eukarya.
  • I can tell Archaea from Bacteria with the features a table gives: Archaea walls lack peptidoglycan and Archaea membrane lipids use ether links.
  • I can put the eight levels in order: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
  • I can use the dog as a worked example, from Eukarya down to lupus.
  • I can write a scientific name: the genus capitalized, the species lowercase, both in italic type, and I know the species word alone is not a name.

Standard: supports HS-LS4-1

Words to know

domain: The largest group of life; the first split of the tree

Bacteria: A domain of cells with no nucleus and walls that hold peptidoglycan

Archaea: A domain of cells with no nucleus, walls without peptidoglycan and ether-linked lipids

Eukarya: A domain of cells with a nucleus: animals, plants, fungi and protists

prokaryote: A cell with no nucleus; Bacteria and Archaea are prokaryotes

nucleus: The membrane-bound part of a cell that holds its DNA

peptidoglycan: A material in the cell walls of Bacteria

kingdom: A group inside a domain

Common mistakes

Your child mixed up Archaea and Bacteria. They are two separate domains: both lack a nucleus, but their walls, membrane lipids and genes differ. Ask your child, 'Does the wall have peptidoglycan?'

Your child thought Bacteria or Archaea cells have a nucleus. Only Eukarya cells have a nucleus; Bacteria and Archaea do not. Ask your child, 'Does this cell have a nucleus?'

Your child put kingdom at the top of the levels. Domain comes first and is the largest group; kingdoms sit inside domains. Ask your child, 'What comes before kingdom?'

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What is the most common mistake with classification: domains, kingdoms and scientific names?

Your child mixed up Archaea and Bacteria. They are two separate domains: both lack a nucleus, but their walls, membrane lipids and genes differ. Ask your child, 'Does the wall have peptidoglycan?'

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