Taxonomy & Classification of Organisms

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What is the Kingdom of living things that consists entirely of multicellular, heterotrophic organisms?

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Animalia

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Which group of organisms is most closely related to Archaebacteria?

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Eubacteria

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What do you call an organism that has the ability to make its own food using either the light energy from the sun or by using chemicals?

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Autotroph

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Which kingdoms have members that possess cell walls?

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Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Plantae, Fungi

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What is the role of organisms in Kingdom Fungi in many ecosystems?

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Decompose and recycle matter

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What is the primary characteristic of the Kingdom Plantae?

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Organisms that are multicellular, autotrophic, and have cell walls made of cellulose.

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What distinguishes Eubacteria from Archaebacteria?

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Eubacteria have peptidoglycan in their cell walls, while Archaebacteria do not.

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What is a heterotroph?

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An organism that cannot make its own food and relies on consuming other organisms for energy.

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What is the significance of taxonomy in biology?

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Taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms to understand their relationships and characteristics.

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What are the main categories of the biological classification system?

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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.