Chapter 7: Classification of Organisms

Taxonomists name organisms based on their Genus and Species.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Eukaryotes are single celled organisms.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What domain includes unicellular organisms that live in extreme environments and are prokaryotes?

• Archaea
• Bacteria
• Eukarya

What is an example of a question scientists may need answered to classify a living thing?

• How many known species are there?

• Does the organism makes it own food?

• What are the relationships between species?

• All of the above.

In early years, which two groups were most organisms divided?

• living and non-living

• plants and fungi

• animals and plants

• domains and kingdoms

What is taxonomy?

• the science of classifying living things

• the science of describing, classifying, and organizing living things

• the science of stuffing deceased animals

• the science of organizing lthings

There are __________ domains.

• 1

• 8

• 2

• 3

The domains are:

• bacteria, fungi, and archaea

• animals, plants, and bacteria

• bacteria(prokarya), archaea, and eukarya

• fungi, animals, and plants

The Eukarya domain is made up of 4 kingdoms, they are:

• protista, fungi, plantae, animalia

• plantae, animalia, bacteria,archea

What are eukaryotes?

• An organism without a nucleus

• An organism with only a nucleus

• An organism that is unicellular

• An organism which has both a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles