Biology Classification Summary Questions

What does "multicellular" mean?

• Made of one cell

• Made of many cells

• Can make its own food

• Needs heat from the environment

A unicellular organism has only one cell.

• True

• False

What does "heterotrophic" mean?

• Makes its own food

• Eats other organisms for food

• Lives in water

• Has a cell wall

Autotrophic organisms do not need to eat other organisms.

• True

• False

Up to 30 million types of living things are estimated to exist on Earth.

• True

• False

Why is it important to classify living things?

• To ignore their diversity

• To make them easier to study

• To create confusion

• To eliminate them

The Linnaean System classifies living things going from domain at the highest level and species at the lowest level.

• True

• False

What is a key distinction of fungi compared to plants?

• Fungi can photosynthesise

• Fungi have a cell wall

• Fungi cannot make their own food

• Fungi are always unicellular

Bacteria are classified as plants.

• True

• False

Which kingdom consists of organisms that are unicellular (made up of only 1 cell) and have a true nucleus?

• Plants

• Animals

• Protists

• Fungi