Quiz about Fungi Protists Plants Animals

Question 1

Which kingdoms are prokaryotic?

Accepted Answer

Eubacteria and Archaebacteria

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Archaebacteria and Animalia

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Fungi and Protista

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Plantae and Eubacteria

Question 2

This domain is characterized by bacteria that can live in extreme environments, such as hot springs.

Accepted Answer

Archaea

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Bacteria

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Eukarya

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Prokarya

Question 3

You would find mushrooms and molds in which kingdom?

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Fungi

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Plantae

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Protists

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Animalia

Question 4

In which kingdom do I belong if I am unicellular, autotrophic, and eukaryotic?

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Protista

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Archaebacteria

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Animalia

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Plantae

Question 5

What is the difference between Archaebacteria and Eubacteria?

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Archaebacteria can live in extreme environments.

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Eubacteria are eukaryotic.

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Archaebacteria are multicellular.

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Archaebacteria are found everywhere.

Question 6

All of the following have a nucleus except...

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bacteria

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animals

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plants

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protists

Question 7

Which kingdom contains multicellular, heterotrophic organisms whose cells have NO cell walls?

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Animalia

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Protista

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Fungi

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Plantae

Question 8

This domain contains organisms that have a true nucleus in each of their cells. This domain breaks down into four kingdoms.

Accepted Answer

Eukarya

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Animalia

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Archaea

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Bacteria

Question 9

What are the three domains?

Accepted Answer

Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

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Archaea, Bacteria, and Eubacteria

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Archaea, Protists, and Eubacteria

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Archaea, Fungi, Animalia

Question 10

A student found an organism outside the classroom and thinks it may be a newt. The science teacher provides the student with a dichotomous key to help identify what type of organism the student found.

What characteristics must be observed for the student to use this classification model to conclude that the organism is a newt?

Accepted Answer

The animal does have both external gills and no coastal grooves along the side

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The animal does not have external gills or scales

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The animal does not have external gills, but has scales

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The animal does have external gills, but has coastal grooves along the side

Question 11

A student developed the following dichotomous key to categorize organism into the six kingdoms.

What mistake did the student make creating his dichotomous key?

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Kingdom Protista can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.

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Kingdom Protista can be prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

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Kingdom Fungi can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.

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Kingdom Fungi can be prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

Question 12

In trying to classify a newly discovered organism, the following characteristics were noted: multicellular, specialized tissues and organs, chlorophyll-containing structures and cell walls. Into which kingdom should this organism be placed and why?

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Plant, because it is multicellular and has chlorophyll

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Eubacteria, because it is multicellular and has specialized tissues

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Protista, because it has chlorophyll and is multicellular

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Fungi, because it has cell walls and specialized tissues

Question 13

Which kingdom includes only multicellular heterotrophs?

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Animal

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Archaebacteria

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Protists

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Plant

Question 14

What is one characteristics that separates the animal and plant kingdoms?

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Animal kingdom consist of organisms that do not produce their own food for energy, while the plant kingdom does produce their own food for energy.

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Animal kingdom consist of multicellular organisms, while the plant kingdom consists of unicellular organisms.

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Animal kingdom consist of unicellular organisms, while the plant kingdom consists of multicellular organisms.

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Animal kingdom consist of organisms that produce their own food for energy, while the plant kingdom does not produce their own food for energy.

Question 15

A scientist discovers a unicellular organism when examining a pond sample under a microscope. Which of the following explanations would provide a correct claim with supporting evidence to determine to which kingdom the organism would belong?

Accepted Answer

Claim: The organism is a bacteria cell.

Evidence: The organism is unicellular, prokaryotic, and reproduces by binary fission.

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Claim: The organism is a protist.

Evidence: The organism is unicellular, prokaryotic, and lives in a moist environment.

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Claim: The organism is a protist.

Evidence: The organism is multicellular, eukaryotic, and reproduces by binary fission

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Claim: The organism is a bacteria cell.

Evidence: The organism is unicellular, eukaryotic, and is found in a moist environment.

Question 16

What can you find by working through the statements in a dichotomous key?

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The identity of an organism.

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When a species of organisms appeared on earth.

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How many species of organisms are birds.

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How long an organism can live.

Question 17

Early classification systems placed plants and fungi in the same kingdom. After further studying these organisms, taxonomists moved fungi into a separate kingdom. What question would have led scientists to separate plants and fungi into two distinct kingdoms?

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Does the organism use sunlight to make food?

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Does the organism have cells?

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Does the organism reproduce?

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Does the organism grow on the ground?

Question 18

What role did Linnaeus play in classification of organisms?

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He started naming organisms using binomial nomenclature.

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He classified all life into plants and animals.

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He classified all life by where organisms lived.

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He utilized DNA technology to form the modern system of naming.

Question 19

Which two organisms are least closely related?

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two organisms from the same kingdom

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two organisms from the same order

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two organisms from the same family

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two organisms from the same genus

Question 20

How would a dichotomous key be used?

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by observing specimens and then answering questions about them

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by inserting it into a chamber at a 45 degree angle

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by comparing the colors on a strip to the colors obtained during testing

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by analyzing a gel agar and recording the distance each fragment had traveled

Question 21

What is taxonomy?

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The study of classifying and describing organisms

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The study of DNA and RNA

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The study of how organisms are related

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The study of organisms in their habitat

Question 22

Which domain includes all animals and plants?

Accepted Answer

Eukarya

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Archaea

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Bacteria

Question 23

Which two kingdoms are entirely multicellular?

Accepted Answer

Animalia and Plantae

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Animalia and Protista

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Protista and Plantae

Question 24

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.

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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species

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Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order

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Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

Question 25

An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?

Accepted Answer

Order Amblygygi

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Class Insecta

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Order Araneae

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Order Scorpiones

Question 26

A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?

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Spruce

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Juniper

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Pine

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Fir

Question 27

Which of the following organisms are MOST closely related?

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organisms that share a genus

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organisms that share a domain

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organisms that share a family

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organisms that share an order

Question 28

What is the name of bird Z?

Accepted Answer

Camarhynchus

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Certhidea

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Geospiza

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Platyspiza

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