Six Kingdoms of Living Things

What do archaea and bacteria have in common?

• Their cells have well-defined nuclei

• They are multicellular

• They are all shaped like rods, spheres, and spirals

• Their cells have no nuclei

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Why weren't archaea classified in their own kingdom until recently?

• Because scientists believed they were animals

• Because scientists didn't know they existed

• Because scientists didn't believe they were different from bacteria

• Because scientists were still using Aristotle's classification system

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How are fungi different from plants?

• Plants make their own food; fungi don't

• Plants grow from the earth; fungi don't

• Plants have stems, fungi don't

• Fungi reproduce asexually, plants cannot

If you wanted to find archaea, where would you look? Choose the best answer.

• Inside your intestines

• On the forest floor

• In trenches at the bottom of the ocean

• On the leaves of plants

I am a prokaryote and live where others can't. What kingdom do I belong to?

• Animalia
• Archaebacteria
• Eubacteria
• Protista

I am a eukaryote, microscopic, and unicellular. What kingdom do I belong to?

• Animalia
• Fungi
• Plantae
• Protista

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I am eukaryotic, able to move and have no cell walls. What kingdom do I belong to?

• Animalia
• Archaebacteria
• Eubacteria
• Fungi

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I am prokaryotic and am found everywhere. What kingdom do I belong to?

• Eubacteria
• Archaebacteria
• Fungi
• Protista

What can an Autotrophic organism due that a heterotrophic organism can NOT?

• Make their own food 
• Have a nuclues
• Reproduce through binary fission
• They're the same

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

• Plant
• Animal
• Eubacteria
• Unicorn

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