This document provides information about scientific classification and taxonomy. It contains questions about the five kingdoms of life - Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera. It also discusses the taxonomic groups used to classify organisms from broadest to most specific: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Additionally, it provides examples of scientific names and discusses bacteria, viruses, and estimates of undiscovered organisms.

1. 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 10 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 10 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 10 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40pt 50 pt 10 pt 5 Kingdoms Scientific Names Bacteria Taxonomy Groups Mixed Bag 10 pt

2. People are members of this kingdom.

3. What are animals?

4. Pond organisms like amoeba are in this kingdom.

5. What are protists ?

6. Mushrooms & yeast are members of this kingdom .

7. What are fungi?

8. This kingdom has only 1 cell, with no nucleus.

9. What is bacteria? (ancient or true)

10. This kingdom makes food, has many cells, & does not move.

11. What is a plant ?

12. This group is the first word of a scientific name.

13. What is a genus?

14. This is the second word in a scientific name.

15. What is species ?

16. This is the scientific name for humans.

17. What is Homo sapiens?

18. Canis familiaris is the scientific name for this common animal.

19. What is a dog?

20. Canis lupis (wolf) and Canis latrans (coyote) are both in this group.

21. What is a genus?

22. This is how bacteria can help us.

23. What is to make yogurt or cheese or to decompose?

24. This is how bacteria can harm us.

25. What is make us sick?

26. There are this many kingdoms of bacteria.

27. What is two ? (ancient and true)

28. This is the number of cells in each bacterium.

29. What is one ?

30. All bacteria are missing these cell parts.

31. What is a nucleus ?

32. This group is made of only one type of organism.

33. What is a species?

34. This is the largest group of organisms.

35. What is a kingdom?

36. This group comes right before genus.

37. What is a family?

38. This class of animals is warm blooded & feeds milk to its young.

39. What is a mammal?

40. This is the number of groups, from kingdom to species.

41. What is seven ?

42. This particle is not alive, but can reproduce.

43. What is a virus ?

44. A sea anemone looks like a plant, but it is really one of these.

45. What is an animal ?

46. Scientists think there may be this many organisms on earth.

47. What is 5 –15 million ?

48. Many undiscovered organisms live here.

49. What is the tropical rain forest? (or deep ocean)

50. This many acres of rain forest are destroyed every minute!

51. What is 50 ?

52. Final Jeopardy

53. What are the 7 groups that are used to classify organisms.

54. What are kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species?

55. Classifying organisms