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Domains
Kingdoms
Misc.
6 Kingdom Riddles
100
What are the 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
100
How many different domains are there?
3
100
How many different kingdoms are there?
6
100

What two levels of classification make up a scientific name?

What is genus and species?

100
I am ancient and tough, loving the ground where it's rough.
You will find me in deep-sea vents, boiling hot springs, or salty lakes where nothing else survives.
I have no nucleus, yet I am different from the common germs you know.
What kingdom am I?

What is Archaebacteria?

200
What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?
domain
200
Name the 3 domains.
Archae, Bacteria, Eukarya
200
Name the 6 Kingdoms.
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Arachaebacteria, and Eubacteria
200

What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?

taxonomy

200

I am the ultimate misfit kingdom, a collection of leftovers.
Most of us are single cells with a nucleus, swimming in ponds or damp soil.
I can hunt for food like an animal, photosynthesize like a plant, or absorb nutrients like a fungus.
What kingdom am I?

What is Protista?

300
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
300
What domain are humans and other animals in?
Eukarya
300

What is a dichotomous key?

A tool used to identify organisms based on similar traits.

300

What was the name of the scientist who created a 2 Kingdom system of plants and animals?

Who is Aristotle?
300

I am a master of the sun, drinking rays to make my own sweet food.
I stay rooted in one spot, packed with green chlorophyll and sturdy cell walls made of cellulose.
Without me, the air would lack the oxygen you need to breathe.
What kingdom am I?

What is Plant?

400
What is the category that contains many similar phyla?
kingdom
400

What domain contains very extreme bacteria, whose names often end in -phile?

Archaea

400

What makes Archaebacteria different from Eubacteria?

What is Archaebacteria lives in extreme environments and Eubacteria can be helpful or harmful? Or genetic makeup

400

This Swedish scientist is known as the "Father of Taxonomy" for creating the levels of classification?

Two different species cannot successfully interbreed or reproduce together.

400


I love the dark, damp places, but I never eat with a mouth.
Instead, I release juices to break down dead things and absorb them from the ground.
I have cell walls made of chitin, and you might find me on a pizza or growing on an old log.
What kingdom am I?

What is Fungi?

500
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
500
What domain contains bacteria that we may encounter, such as E. coli?
Bacteria
500

Name 2 differences between the plant and animal kingdom.

plants are autotrophs, animals are heterotrophs; plants have a cell wall, animals do not

500
What is an organism that results from interbreeding between two species? (Hint: This organism is often sterile, like a mule.)
a hybrid
500

I am everywhere around you, on your skin, and inside your gut.
I am a single, simple cell without a nucleus.
Some of my kind can make you cough and sneeze, while others help make delicious cheese.

What is Eubacteria?

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