Taxonomy and Six Kingdoms

Cells that do not have a true nucleus are called....

• eukaryote

• prokaryote

• unicellular

• multicellular

Which organism in the table is least closely related to the chimpanzee?

• human

• grey wolf

• tiger snake

• monarch butterfly

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The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Chemistry

Cells that have a true nucleus are called....

• eukaryotes

• prokaryotes

• unicellular

• multicellular

I am and AMOEBA. I move freely and I have to eat to survive, but I do not fit in the animal kingdom because I am unicellular. Where would you classify me?

• Kingdom FUNGI

• Kingdom PLANTAE

• Kingdom PROTISTA

• Kingdom HOMOSAPIEN

Answer explanation

Protists are often seen as animal like plants or plant like animals, but because the are single celled, they don't fit into those kingdoms.

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A scientists studying the water around a hydrothermal vent located on the ocean floor, discovers a microscopic organism that has never been seen before. Where is she to MOST likely classify this new species?

• Kingdom Animalia

• Kingdom Plantae

• Kingdom Bacteria

• Kingdom Fungi

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Jamal is doing an observational study. He sees and organism that is multicellular, can't move and is autotrophic. Where should he classify this organism?

• Kingdom Plantae

• Kingdom Animalia

• Kingdom Protista

• Kingdom Fungi

Answer explanation

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Why, as we move down the classification chart, are there fewer and fewer organisms?

• At the higher levels of classification, organisms are more closely related

• At the lover levels of classification, the organisms are more closely related and therefor there are fewer organisms in that group.

• Higher levels of classification has smaller organisms

• Lower level of classification has organisms that are more complex.

Answer explanation

The top of the chart is wide and broad and includes many organisms, then as you move down the categories get more and more specific so the classification narrows until you have only 1 organism.

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Kim developed a classification system to sort animals. Which statement best describes how she sorted her animals?

• She sorted them based on their color

• She sorted them based on their size

• She sorted them based on their behaviors ( how the act)

• She sorted them based on their structural features

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I live on land. I can't move around freely, I can not make my own food and I decompose other organisms for energy. What kingdom do I belong to?

• Protista

• Animalia

• Bacteria

• Fungi

Answer explanation

fungi are multi-cellular land dwelling, decomposers who grow but don't move around freely.