Amoeba Sisters: Classification

Who is credited with starting a formal classification system?

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Carl Linnaeus

• Isaac Newton

What domain do bacteria belong to?

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Eukarya

• Protista

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Archaea?

• Producing methane

• Having eukaryotic cell structures

• Being prokaryotes

• Being extremophiles

What is the cell wall of fungi made of?

• Cellulose

• Protein

• Lipids

• Chitin

Which kingdom does the hydra belong to?

• Plantae

• Fungi

• Animalia

• Protista

What is the purpose of binomial nomenclature?

• To identify only plants

• To replace DNA sequencing

• To classify animals by their common names

• To provide a unique scientific name for each species

What are the three domains of life?

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class

• Animalia, Bacteria, Eukarya

• Protista, Fungi, Plantae

• Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya

What characteristic is common to all eukaryotes?

• Having a nucleus

• Being unicellular

• Producing methane

• Having a cell wall

What is the least inclusive level of classification?

• Species

• Family

• Order

• Genus

Which of the following is a characteristic of protists?

• They can be either unicellular or multicellular

• They all have cell walls made of chitin

• They are all autotrophs

• They are all multicellular