Classification: domains, kingdoms and scientific names
Grade 9 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence
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The dog's groups from largest to smallest (real facts)
step group of the dog 1 Eukarya 2 Animalia 3 Chordata 4 Mammalia 5 Carnivora 6 Canidae 7 Canis 8 lupus Bo reads the dog's groups from largest to smallest. Which level of classification is step 5, Carnivora?
- Family: a group inside an order, holding genera
- Class: a group inside a phylum, holding orders
- Order: a group inside a class, holding families
- Phylum: a group inside a kingdom, holding classes
Esme reads the dog's groups from largest to smallest. Which level of classification is step 7, Canis?
- Family: a group that holds several genera
- Species: the second word of a scientific name
- Genus: the first word of a scientific name
- Order: a group that holds several families
“real groups, not to scale” Jun reads a tree of life. Split W is at its base and makes the three groups shown. Which level of classification are these groups?
- Domains: the largest groups, made at the first split
- Kingdoms: the largest groups, made at the first split
- Classes: groups made inside each phylum
- Phyla: groups made inside each kingdom
Tree of life (real groups, not to scale)
The base of the tree makes three groups. Group Bacteria holds Escherichia coli and Deinococcus radiodurans. Group Archaea holds Haloarcula marismortui. Group Eukarya holds the honey mushroom and the garden pea.
Kira reads a tree of life. Which organism sits in the same domain as Escherichia coli?
- Haloarcula marismortui
- the honey mushroom
- Deinococcus radiodurans
- the garden pea
A cell card (real facts)
feature what the cell has DNA location inside a nucleus with a membrane around it Milo reads a cell card. Which domain holds an organism with this kind of cell?
- Plantae: a kingdom whose cells have a nucleus
- Archaea: its cells have a nucleus too
- Eukarya: its cells have a nucleus
- Bacteria: its cells have a nucleus too
Two domains compared (real facts)
group nucleus peptidoglycan in the wall Bacteria no yes Archaea no no Noah compares two domains on a card. What do cells of Bacteria and Archaea share?
- Both have walls that contain peptidoglycan
- Both sit in one domain, since they share cell features
- Both lack a nucleus, so both are prokaryotes
- Both have a nucleus that holds their DNA
A cell card (real facts)
feature what the cell has nucleus no peptidoglycan in the wall yes Pia reads a card for a cell. Which domain fits this cell?
- Eukarya: its DNA sits inside a nucleus
- Animalia: a kingdom of animal cells
- Bacteria: no nucleus, and a wall with peptidoglycan
- Archaea: no nucleus, so it fits Archaea as well
Parts of a scientific name (real facts)
part word first word Canis second word lupus Ren reads the scientific name of the wolf. Which word is the genus?
- Canis lupus: both words together make the genus
- Wolf: the common name is the genus
- lupus: the second word, which names the wolf by itself
- Canis: the first word, written with a capital letter
Garden pea (real facts)
part word genus Pisum species sativum Tala writes the scientific name of the garden pea. Which spelling follows the rules?
- pisum sativum: both words lowercase
- Pisum Sativum: both words capitalized
- Pisum sativum: genus capitalized, species lowercase
- pisum Sativum: species capitalized, genus lowercase
Scientific names (real facts)
organism scientific name wolf Canis lupus garden pea Pisum sativum Zee reads two scientific names. Which two levels make up a scientific name?
- Genus and species: two words, written in italics
- Family and genus: two words, such as Canidae Canis
- Domain and kingdom: two words, such as Eukarya Animalia
- Species alone: one word, such as lupus