6.12A The student knows all organisms are classified into Domains and Kingdoms. Organisms within these
taxonomic groups share similar characteristics which allow them to interact with the living and nonliving
parts of their ecosystem. The student is expected to:
A) Understand that all organisms are composed of one or more cells.
Fundamental Questions:
1. What is the basic unit of life?
2. How do scientists classify living things?
3. What is an organism?
4. How do organisms interact with their environment?
5. What is a cell?
6. All living things are made of ____________?
7. Which scientific equipment is necessary to view a cell?
Unicellular Organisms
Definition
Characteristics of Unicellular
Organisms
Multicellular Organisms
Definition
Characteristics of Multicellular
Organisms
What is the difference between unicellular and multicellular?
Examples of Unicellular Organisms
Examples of Multicellular
Organisms
6.12B The student knows all organisms are classified into Domains and Kingdoms. Organisms within these
taxonomic groups share similar characteristics which allow them to interact with the living and nonliving
parts of their ecosystem. The student is expected to:
B) Recognize that the presence of a nucleus determines whether a cell is prokaryotic or eukaryotic.
Fundamental Questions
1. What are the two types of cell classification? P____________ K_______________
2. How does the presence of a nucleus provide a method of basic classification of cells?
3. What is DNA?
4. How is DNA used?
5. Where is DNA located?
6. When viewing with a microscope, what basic cell feature could be used to identify a cell as prokaryotic
or eukaryotic?
7. What is the difference between a cell and an atom?
8. What is the difference between a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell?
9. What is the difference between autotrophic and heterotrophic?
10.
11.
What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?
Critique the following statement :“Prokaryote cells are the simplest type of cell.”
12.
A cell membrane is _____________ and it is like a _______________________
______________________________________________________________
13.
How could a factory be used as a physical model for a prokaryote cell and a eukaryote cell?
Detailed Cell Drawing-Label Organelles
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic
Prokaryotic
What they have in common
Eukaryotic
6.12C The student knows all organisms are classified into Domains and Kingdoms. Organisms within these
taxonomic groups share similar characteristics which allow them to interact with the living and nonliving
parts of their ecosystem. The student is expected to:
C Recognize that the broadest taxonomic classification of living organisms is divided into currently
recognized Domains.
D. Identify the basic characteristics of organisms, including prokaryotic or eukaryotic, unicellular or
multicellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic, and mode of reproduction, that further classify them in the
currently recognized kingdoms.
Fundamental Questions
1. How is taxonomic classification useful to a scientist?
2. What are the three domains?
3. What are the fundamental differences between organisms that are classified into one of the three
Domains?
4. What characteristics further classify organisms into one of the six Kingdoms?
5. How do prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms differ?
6. How do unicellular and multicellular organisms differ?
7. How do autotrophs and heterotrophs differ?
8. How does asexual reproduction differ from sexual reproduction?
9. Can you name at least two categories of characteristics that differentiate organisms in 2-3
classification systems?
10. Using your knowledge about domains and kingdoms, explain why scientists use classification to help
them identify organisms.
11. How would you explain how to classify an organism to a younger student?
6.12CD
THE THREE DOMAINS
EUKARYOTE
PROKARYOTE
KINGDOM
KINGDOM
Archaebacteria
1. NO nucleus
1
2. Unicellular
2
3. Autotrophic
3
4. Asexual
4
KINGDOM
KINGDOM
KINGDOM
KINGDOM
PLANTAE
1. Nucleus
1
1
1
2. Multicellular
2
2
2
3. Autotrophic
3
3
3
4. Sexual & Asexual
4
4
4
6.12EF The student knows all organisms are classified into Domains and Kingdoms. Organisms within these
taxonomic groups share similar characteristics which allow them to interact with the living and nonliving
parts of their ecosystem. The student is expected to:
E) Describe biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem in which organisms interact.
Fundamental Questions
1. How do organisms interact with the biotic parts of their ecosystem?
2. How do organisms interact with the abiotic parts of their ecosystem?
3. How is the biotic part of an ecosystem affected by the availability of light?
4. What is an ecological niche?
5. What are differences and similarities between biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem?
6. How do animals filling a specific ecological niche relate to abiotic and biotic components in the ecosystem?
BIOTIC FACTORS
ABIOTIC FACTORS
6.12EF The student knows all organisms are classified into Domains and Kingdoms. Organisms within these
taxonomic groups share similar characteristics which allow them to interact with the living and nonliving
parts of their ecosystem. The student is expected to:
F) Diagram the levels of organization within an ecosystem including organism, population, community, and
ecosystem.
Fundamental Questions
1. What is an ecosystem?
2. How are different levels of organization within an ecosystem classified?
3. How is it distinguished from a population and a community?
4. What is the difference between an ecosystem and biosphere?
5. How are you able to tell the difference between biotic and abiotic components, and why they are
important to one another?
6. Explain why it is not possible for different population types in the community to occupy the exact same
niche within an ecosystem.
7. Justify why scientists rank ecosystems into various levels of organization for study including organism,
population, community and ecosystem.
8. How might you create a visual of your favorite organism and where it exists in the ecosystem?
6.12F LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
Label and draw pictures of each level
CELL