This worksheet is designed to be used as an overview of what taxonomy is, as well as the 3 domains and 6 kingdoms of life. All the informational text is chunked, allowing students to answer questions throughout the worksheet. This 4-page worksheet includes the following:

• Brief informational passage on why taxonomy is important
• Student creates own mnemonic device to remember taxons
• Informational passage on 3 domains: Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
• Questions following this passage
• Informational text on 6 kingdoms: Eubacteria, Archaeabacteria, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia, Protista
• Included for each kingdom: Cell type, reproduction, movement, and nutrition
• Table and questions following this text
• Answer Key Included!

Students will need to have a working understanding of these key vocabulary terms: motile, heterotrophic, autotrophic, asexual, sexual, unicellular, and multicellular

Looking for practice with binomial nomenclature and identifying related organisms instead? Try my Taxonomy Classification Worksheet!