Vocabulary
Kingdoms
Cladograms
Random Taxonomy Questions
100

What does autotrophic mean?

Organism makes its own food

100

Which kingdom of organisms lives in extreme environments?

Archaea

100

If the organism comes after a trait evolved, does it have that trait?

Yes

100

The scientific name of organisms includes 2 parts of classification. Which levels of classification are those?

Genus and species

200
What does heterotrophic mean?

Organism must get energy by consuming other things

200

Which kingdom of organisms has mushrooms that help decompose matter and return that nutrients to the soil?

Fungi

200

What animal is most closely related to the cat?

Leopard

200

What is the largest level of classification?

Domain

300

What does multicellular mean?

Made of many cells

300

Which kingdom of organisms makes their own food, is multicellular, and eukaryotic?

Kingdom Plantae

300

What animal is least closely related to the cat?

Tortoise

300

What is the smallest level of classification?

Species

400
What does prokaryotic mean?

Cell lacks a nucleus

400

Which kingdom of organisms are unicellular, prokaryotic, and could be auto/heterotrophic? Example: e. coli

Kingdom Eubacteria

400

Which two organisms have retractable claws?

Leopard and cat

400

If two organisms are in the same class, what other levels are they in together?

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum

500

What does eukaryotic mean?

Cell has a nucleus

500

Which kingdom of organisms are eukaryotic, but can be either auto/heterotrophic or uni/multicellular? Hint: This is a big group of random organisms

Kingdom Protista

500

If animals are close together on a cladogram, what does that usually mean about how they are related?

They are more closely related

500

On a cladogram, what does it mean if an animal comes before a trait? 

That animal does not have that trait