CLASSIFY
What kingdom do I belong to?
Cat
Kingdom: Animalia
(Animal)
True or false:
All animals are mammals.
False.
1) kelp / seaweed (algae)
2) crab
3) rose
2) crab
Crabs are animals. Algae and roses are plants.
True or False?
Bacteria can make their own food like plants.
False.
Bacteria cannot make their own food. They cannot photosynthesize like plants. They must feed on the plants or animals they grow on.
What kingdom do I belong to?
Amoeba
Kingdom: Protista
(Protists)
True or False:
All bacteria are harmful and dangerous to people.
False.
1) Mushrooms
2) E. coli
3) Clostridium botulinum (botulism)
Mushrooms are a fungus. E. coli and botulism are bacteria.
Bacilli are...
1) round / circular / spherical
2) rod-shaped
3) spiral-shaped
2) rod-shaped
Bacilli are long and cylindrical.
What kingdom do I belong to?
Lactobacillus
Eubacteria
(Monera)
True or false:
Organisms in the kingdom plantae are eukaryotic.
True.
1) Christmas tree
2) Amoeba
3) Paramecium
1) Christmas tree
Pine trees are plants. Amoebae and Paramecia are protists.
The way bacteria move around is called...
1) Pseudoscience
2) Chloroplasts
3) Flagella
3) Flagella
Flagella are threadlike structures that move and help bacteria swim.
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What kingdom do I belong to?
1) Boletus Mushroom
2) Oak tree
1) Kingdom: Fungi
2) Kingdom: Plantae
True or False:
Different types of bacteria prefer different temperatures.
True.
1) sea star
2) seaweed
3) seahorse
2) seaweed
Seaweed (kelp/algae) is a plant. Seahorses and sea stars (starfish) are animals.
Which one is NOT a spiral-shaped bacterium?
1) Spirillum
2) Cocci
3) Vibrio
4) Spirochaete
2) Cocci
Cocci bacteria are spherical (circular / round).
What kingdom do I belong to?
Thermophilic bacteria
Archaebacteria
(Monera)
True or false:
The kingdoms Eubacteria and Archaebacteria are sometimes classified together as Monera.
True.
Why did Biologists divide Monera into Archaebacteria and eubacteria?
https://www.mrsd.org/cms/lib/NH01912397/Centricity/Domain/245/kingdom%20monera%20reading.pdf
1) methanogens (methane-producing)
2) thermophiles (heat-loving)
3) lactobacillus (present in dairy products)
4) halophiles (salt-loving)
3) lactobacillus
Lactobacillus is in the kingdom Eubacteria. Methanogens, thermophiles, and halophiles are types of archaebacteria.
Name one way people can keep their food safe from bacteria.
1) Refrigerate the food: keep it cold. Prevent bacteria growing at a low temperature.
2) Cook the food: make it hot. Kill bacteria at a high temperature.
3) Preserve the food in salt: Kill the bacteria chemically.