Identifying Kingdoms

A student stays home from school because she has an infection. The doctor determines that the infection is caused by a prokaryotic organism that can be controlled with antibiotics. This infection is most likey caused by--

• protists

• bacteria

• fungi

• plants

A highly motile organism is both multicellular and eukaryotic, but it cannot make its own food. This organism is most likely a member of which kingdom?

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Fungi

• Archaea

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Certain organisms in a forest are multicellular and immotile. They decompose other organisms as a source of nutrition. These organisms are most likely--

• protist

• animal

• fungus

• plant

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The Great Salt Lake is so salty that scientists once thought no living thing could survive inside the lake. But scientists have discovered colonies of prokaryotic organisms living in the lake. These organisms are most likely--

• fungi

• plants

• archaea

• protists

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A single-celled organism is found in a sample of water. It contains a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. It also has cilia that give it motility. This organism most likely belongs to which kingdom?

• Protista

• Eubacteria

• Fungi

• Plantae

A multicellular, eukaryotic organism is able to make its own food by converting solar energy into chemical energy. This organism is most likely a --

• plant

• animal

• fungus

• bacterium

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Animals and fungi have some of the same traits, but they belong to two different kingdoms. The answer to which of the following questions would provide the best information for determining if an organism is an animal or a fungus?

• Is the organism multicellular?

• is the organism heterotrophic?

• Is the organism motile?

• Is the organism eukaryotic?