Classifying Living Organisms Quiz

Why do scientists classify living things?

• To make them look the same

• To make them easier to study and understand

• To give them longer names

• To stop them from moving

Which kingdom do humans belong to?

• Plants

• Animals

• Fungi

• Protists

Which of these is a characteristic of the plant kingdom?

• Can move from place to place

• Makes its own food using sunlight

• Eats other organisms

• Has no cells

Which kingdom do mushrooms belong to?

• Plants

• Animals

• Fungi

• Protists

What is the main characteristic of prokaryotes (bacteria)?

• They have no nucleus

• They can photosynthesise

• They are multicellular

• They eat plants only

Which of these is NOT a kingdom?

• Animals

• Fungi

• Protists

• Viruses

Which of these is an example of an organism from the protist kingdom?

• Seaweed

• Dog

• Tree

• Mushroom

Which kingdom includes organisms that feed on dead material?

• Plants

• Animals

• Fungi

• Protists

Which kingdom contains single-celled organisms with a nucleus?

• Fungi

• Protists

• Animals

• Prokaryotes

What is the main difference between plants and fungi?

• Plants can photosynthesise, fungi cannot

• Fungi move, plants stay still

• Fungi eat plants

• Plants have no cells, fungi do