What are the six kingdoms of living things?

Kingdoms and Classification uses Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protists, Fungi, Plants and Animals. Students place organisms by asking if the cells have a nucleus, whether there is one cell or many and how the organism gets food.

How does a dichotomous key work?

Each step gives two opposite statements about a trait you can observe, so every organism fits exactly one of them. You follow the statement that fits to the next step until you reach a name.

6th Grade Animal Classification Worksheets

Ages 11-12 · Free previews · Print-ready PDFs

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Classification is how scientists sort living things into groups by the traits they share. These two 6th grade worksheets, each with an answer key, teach the groups and a tool for using them. Kingdoms and Classification has students order the eight levels from domain to species and use a table of six kingdoms to place 10 organisms, and Using a Dichotomous Key has them follow a five step key to name six bugs.

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Kingdoms and Classification

Grade6th Grade

TopicLiving Things

Using a Dichotomous Key

Grade6th Grade

TopicLiving Things

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Frequently Asked Questions

The levels are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Domain is the largest group and species is the smallest. The memory sentence on the sheet is Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup.

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