EOC Domain 3: Taxonomy

​EOC Domain 3: Taxonomy

By Derek Hathaway

Multiple Choice

What is the broadest level of biological classification?

• Phylum
• Kingdom
• Class
• Domain

Multiple Choice

Which domains contain only prokaryotic organisms?

• Bacteria and Archaea
• Fungi and Protista
• Plants and Animals
• Viruses and Bacteria

Multiple Choice

Which domain includes organisms that live in extreme environments such as hot springs or high-salt areas?

• Bacteria
• Eukarya
• Archaea
• Fungi

Multiple Choice

Which domain includes organisms with membrane-bound organelles?

• Eukarya
• Eubacteria

• Archaea
• Fungi

Multiple Choice

What do we call organisms that can make their own food using sunlight or chemicals?

• Autotrophs
• Saprophytes
• Decomposers
• Heterotrophs

Multiple Choice

Which kingdom includes organisms that absorb nutrients from decaying material and have cell walls made of chitin?

• Fungi
• Protista
• Animalia
• Plantae

Multiple Choice

Viruses contain genetic material. What important structure do they lack that all cells have?

• Nucleus
• Cell Wall

• Mitochondria

• Cell membrane

Multiple Choice

What traits do the cat and wolf have in common?

• Retractable claws and purring

• Hair and retractable claws

• Carnivorous with retractable claws

• Carnivorous with hair

Multiple Choice

What type of evidence can scientists use to compare evolutionary relationships at the molecular level?

• DNA sequences, RNA sequences, and protein structures.
• Behavioral traits, habitat preferences, and reproductive strategies.
• Fossil records, geological layers, and climate data.
• Chromosome structures, cell membranes, and metabolic pathways.

Multiple Choice

Which type of evidence most strongly supports the endosymbiotic theory?

• Chloroplasts producing energy through photosynthesis only.
• Mitochondria and chloroplasts both being found in plant cells.

• Mitochondria and chloroplasts having their own DNA and reproducing through binary fission.

• Mitochondria lacking any genetic material or membranes.