Kingdoms and Taxonomy

What term refers to assigning each species a two-part scientific name?

• Binomial nomenclature
• Taxonomy
• Species latinization
• Phylogeny

Which of the following kingdoms contain prokaryotic organisms?

• Archaebacteria and Fungi
• Eubacteria and Protista
• Fungi and Protista
• Archaebacteria and Eubacteria

Which of the following compounds is found in the cell walls of Fungi?

• Peptidoglycan
• A unique lipid
• Chitin
• Silica

Into which kingdom should a unicellular, photosynthetic aquatic eukaryote be classified?

• Archaebacteria
• Eubacteria
• Protista
• Fungi

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Into which kingdom should a prokaryote that lives in an extremely acidic sulfur spring be classified?

• Archaebacteria
• Eubacteria
• Protista
• Fungi

Into which kingdom should a multicellular eukaryotic heterotrophic decomposer such as a mushroom be classified?

• Archaebacteria
• Eubacteria
• Protista
• Fungi

What characteristic do Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, and Fungi share?

• They are all eukaryotic.
• They are all multicellular.
• They all have a cell wall.
• They are all photosynthetic.

What characteristics make protozoans (animal-like protists) similar to animals?

• They are heterotrophs lacking cell walls. 
• They are heterotrophs that have cell walls.
• They are autotrophs lacking cell walls. 
• They are autotrophs that have cell walls.

Who established the present-day system of naming and classifying organisms?

• Darwin
• Lamarck
• Linnaeus
• Mendel

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

• Plant
• Animal
• Eubacteria
• Unicorn

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