Kingdoms

Multiple Choice

Natural selection is best described as the survival of:

• The largest and strongest organisms

• Organisms that best outcompete others for territory

• The fastest organisms in a habitat

• Organisms that possess traits that are best suited to their environment

Multiple Choice

When harmful foreign substances enter the body, the immune system responds by producing _______ to fight the invaders.

• Antibodies

• Antigens

• Antibiotics

• Antivirals

Multiple Choice

Researchers discovered that the legs of birds are homologous to the feet of reptiles. Which claim is BEST supported by this fact?

• Birds do not require legs

• Birds and reptiles have a common ancestor

• They randomly developed the same structures

• Selection pressures have acted on birds, but not on reptiles

Multiple Choice

What is the broadest level of organization that groups organisms according to Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

• Species

• Genus

• Kingdom

• Domain

Open Ended

Why is a two kingdom classification system with only plants and animals flawed?

Multiple Choice

The first scientist to come up with our main classification system and binomial nomenclature.

• Carly Kessler

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

Multiple Choice

I have cell walls
I am an autotroph
I am multicellular
What am I?

• Plant
• Animal
• Eubacteria
• Unicorn

Multiple Choice

I have no cell walls
I am eukaryotic
I reproduce sexually
I am multicellular
What kingdom do I belong to?

• Plantae
• Animalia
• Protista
• Fungi

Multiple Choice

I am unicellular
I am prokaryotic
I am found in extreme ecosystems
What kingdom do I belong to?

• The Candy Kingdom
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Kingdom Archaebacteria

Open Ended

Do you think the kingdom Protista should be split up? Why or why not?

Remember yesterday...

1. You may work independently or work together - you may switch rooms. Share your screen.

2. Work on the Biology INB - Slides 82-89 - if you were not here yesterday, click here for directions: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1617XFZO95e9bZ2Hgc_ncwoJOwen3x_kSVYqu1HsiF8M/edit?usp=sharing - I will meet you in the Breakout Room

3. We will come back together before the end of class!

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