Identifying Kingdom

A single-celled organism is found in a sample of water. It contains a nucleus as well as other membrane bound organelles and possesses cilia for movement. This organism

most likely belongs to which kingdom?

• Plantae

• Archaea

• Eubacteria

• Protista

A multicelluar organism has specialized tissues and cells which contain chloroplasts used for solar energy conversion. This organism most likely belongs to which kingdom?

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Protista

• Animalia

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A colony of prokaryotic organisms is found in a lake whose salt content was though to be too great for life to exist. This organism most likely belongs to which kingdom?

• Plantae

• Protista

• Fungi

• Archaea

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A multicellular, eukaryotic organism is hetertrophic and highly mobile. This organism most likely belongs to which kingdom?

• Fungi

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Eubacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An infection is determined to be caused by a prokaryotic organism that can be controlled with antibiotics. This organism most likely belongs to which kingdom?

• Eubacteria

• Animalia

• Plantae

• Protista

Decomposers in a certain ecosystem are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms which rely on other organisms as sources of nutrition. This organism most likely belongs to which kingdom?

• Archaea

• Protista

• Fungi

• Animalia

Which of the following is a characteristic of members of the animal kingdom?

• Cell wall made of peptidoglycan

• Chloroplasts for solar energy conversion

• Organisms are highly mobile

• Decomposers of plant material

Which of the following is not a characteristic of members of the plant kingdom?

• Specialized tissues for water absorption

• Highly mobile due to flagella and cilia

• Perform photosynthesis to produce glucose

• Cell wall made of cellulose

Which of the following is a characteristic of members of kingdom protista?

• Circular molecules of DNA

• They are decomposers

• One or more eukaryotic cells

• Reproduce via binary fission

Which of the following kingdoms contains organisms which are eukaryotic and autotrophic?

• Animalia

• Eubacteria

• Fungi

• Plantae

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2