Classification of Living Things

What type of cells do the domain classification of Bacteria contain?

• Exkaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• Semikaryotic

• Prokaryotic

What kingdom is missing from the domain Eukarya?

• Amphibia

• Crustacea

• Mammalia

• Animalia

What kingdom is classified under the Archaea domain?

• Probacteria

• Archaebacteria

• Eubacteria

• Somabacteria

The above animals are classified as --

• Bacteria

• Eukarya

• Protista

• Archaea

Which list is in the correct order of the eight levels of classification from most general to most specific?

• species, genus, family, order, domain, class, phylum, kingdom

• kingdom, class, order, genus, phylum, family, species, domain

• domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• kingdom, domain, phylum, species, genus, class, family, order

What is one of the most important differences between plants and animals?

• Plants do not move but animals can.

• Plants consume their food but animals can use the sun to produce their food.

• Plants do not need water but animals do.

• Plants can produce their own food while animals must consume their food.

Scientists classify living organisms by...

• placing them in groups with organisms that share similar characteristics.

• giving each one several different kingdom names

• determining if the organism is harmful or helpful.

• the type of brain the organism has

For an organism to be classified in the animal kingdom, which characteristic must the organism have?

• Unicellular, without a nucleus, without a cell wall, autotophic

• Multicellular, with a nucleus, with a cell wall, autotrophic

• Multicellular, with a nucleus, without a cell wall, heterotophic

• Unicellular, with a nucleus, with a cell wall, heterotrophic

In the past, fungi were classified as plants. Today, fungi are placed into their own kingdom. What is the most important difference between plants and fungi?

• People are able to eat plants, but they are unable to eat fungi

• Plants are autotrophs and fungi are heterotrophs

• Fungi cells have a cell wall, but plant cells do not.

• Plant cells have a nucleus and fungi cells do not.

Which classification level is the most general or most broad?

• Phylum

• Class

• Kingdom

• Species