Characteristics
Which of the following is a physical characteristic?
A) DNA
B) Wings
C) Hormones
D) Proteins
B) Wings
What are the three domains?
Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya
Organisms in this kingdom are multicellular, do not have a cell wall and are heterotrophic. Example: Frog
A) Protista
B) Plantae
C) Fungi
D) Animalia
D) Animalia
This level represents the largest differences among organisms. (most general)
A) Genus
B) Class
C) Domain
D) Kingdom
C) Domain
This means that the organism makes their own food
A) Unicellular
B) Multicellular
C) Heterotrophic
D) Autotrophic
D) Autotrophic
Which of the following is a chemical characteristic?
A) Wings
B) Antennae
C) Hormones
D) Beak
C) Hormones
Which domain consists of all Eukaryotes?
A) Bacteria
B) Archaea
C) Eukarya
C) Eukarya
Organisms in this kingdom are multicellular, have a cell wall and are autotrophic. Example: Potato
A) Protista
B) Plantae
C) Fungi
D) Animalia
B) Plantae
Which domain has the fewest organisms?
A) Species
B) Genus
C) Kingdom
D) Domain
A) Species
This means that the organism eats other organisms for food
A) Unicellular
B) Multicellular
C) Heterotrophic
D) Autotrophic
C) Heterotrophic
Fill in the blank.
To classify organisms, scientist compare physical and _________ characteristics.
Which domains contain prokaryotes?
A) Bacteria and Archaea
B) Bacteria and Eukarya
C) Archaea and Eukarya
A) Bacteria and Archaea
Organisms in this kingdom are unicellular or multicellular, have a cell wall and are heterotrophic. Example: Mushroom
A) Protista
B) Plantae
C) Fungi
D) Animalia
C) Fungi
Which level is most specific?
A) Phylum
B) Family
C) Order
D) Class
B) Family
What is the first part of a scientific name?
A) Domain
B) Kingdom
C) Genus
D) Species
C) Genus
Scientist ___________ living things based on characteristics that the organisms share.
A) Classify
B) Taxonomy
A) Classify
Which domain contains prokaryotes and can live in harsh conditions?
A) Bacteria
B) Archaea
C) Eukarya
B) Archaea
Organisms in this kingdom are unicellular or multicellular, are autotrophic or heterotrophic and can reproduce sexually or asexually. Example: algae
A) Protista
B) Plantae
C) Fungi
D) Animalia
A) Protista
Which level is most general?
A) Phylum
B) Family
C) Order
D) Class
A) Phylum
What is the second part of a scientific name?
A) Domain
B) Kingdom
C) Genus
D) Species
D) Species
Why do we classify living things?
A) To see how many kinds of organisms there are
B) To see what characteristics define an organism
C) To see the relationships between organisms
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Which domain consists of prokaryotes and can live in a normal environment?
A) Bacteria
B) Archaea
C) Eukarya
A) Bacteria
What three things do scientist use to determine which kingdom to classify organisms into?
Cells, Nutrients and ____________
* hint refer to the table with the four kingdoms
Reproduction
Who was the scientists whose ideas were the basis for our modern day levels of classification?
A) Robert Hooke
B) Albert Einstein
C) Carolus Linnaeus
D) Rudolph Virchow
C) Carolus Linnaeus
True of False?
In a scientific name the first letter of both the first and second word are capitalized.
False - the first letter in the second word is lowercase