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6 Kingdoms and Plant Characteristics

Total questions: 91

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which kingdoms are prokaryotic?
a)
Archaebacteria and Animalia
b)
Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
c)
Fungi and Protista
d)
Plantae and Eubacteria
2.

Which bacteria can live in extreme environments, such as hot springs?

a)

Archaeabacteria

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Protist

d)

Fungi

3.

You would find mushrooms, mold, mildew, yeast, ring worm, and athlete's foot in which kingdom?

a)

Plantae

b)

Protists

c)

Fungi

d)

Animalia

4.
What is the difference between Archaebacteria and Eubacteria?
a)
Eubacteria are eukaryotic.
b)
Archaebacteria are multicellular.
c)
Archaebacteria can live in extreme environments.
d)
Archaebacteria are found everywhere.
5.
All of the following have a nucleus except...
a)
bacteria
b)
animals
c)
plants
d)
protists
6.
Animals must eat other organisms for food, so they are classified as...
a)
heterotrophs
b)
autotrophs
c)
eukaryotic
d)
prokaryotic
7.

This ameoba, which is an animal-like protist is best classified as...

a)

prokaryotic, unicellular, and heterotrophic

b)

eukaryotic, unicellular, heterotrophic

c)

eukaryotic, unicellular, autotrophic

d)

prokaryotic, unicellular, autotrophic

8.
These organisms are best classified as...
a)
eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic
b)
eukaryotic, multicellular, and autotrophic
c)
eukaryotic, unicellular, and heterotrophic
d)
prokaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic
9.
Identify the kingdom...
Microscopic unicellular organism found in a mud puddle.  Organism's DNA is contained in a nucleus and it moves by beating tiny hairs in the water.
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Eubacteria
c)
Protista
d)
Fungi
10.
Identify the kingdom...
Unicellular organisms with no nuclei found living in the superheated waters of a hot spring.
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Eubacteria
c)
Fungi
d)
Protista
11.
All of the following have a nucleus except...
a)
Bacteria
b)
Animalia
c)
Plantae
d)
Protista
12.
Which of the following is the key difference between kingdom Protista and Bacteria?
a)
Unicellular
b)
Autotrophic and Heterotrophic
c)
Asexual
d)
Protista has a nucleus
13.
Paramecium, Amoeba, and Euglena (the 3 amigos) are organisms found in kingdom ___________.
a)
Bacteria
b)
Protista
c)
Plantae
d)
Animalia
14.
The ___ of a cell controls all cell functions.  It acts as the brain of the cell.
a)
cell membrane
b)
cell wall
c)
cytoplasm
d)
nucleus
15.
How many kingdoms are there?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
16.

Daisies, pine trees, and oak trees belong in which kingdom?

a)

Fungi

b)

Plantae

c)

Protista

d)

Animalia

17.

Tigers, Jellyfish, insects, Gorillas and Sponges are all part of _______kingdom.

a)

Animalia

b)

Plantae

c)

Fungi

d)

Bacteria

18.

What levels of classification are used in the scientific name?

a)

Kingdom, Phylum

b)

Kingdom, Species

c)

Genus, Species

d)

Phylum, Genus

19.

Fungi are usually...

a)

Multicellular

b)

Unicellular

20.
Fungi are...
a)
Eukaryotes
b)
Prokaryotes
21.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
22.
Bacteria have a nucleus
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Protists can be multicellular
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Which of the following is NOT a type of Protist? 
a)
Animal-like
b)
Plant-like
c)
Fungus-like
d)
Bacteria-like
25.
Plant-like Protists are heterotrophic
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Which type of Protist is this?
a)
Animal-like
b)
Plant-like
c)
Fungus-like
d)
Bacteria-like
27.
Which type of Protist is this?
a)
Animal-like
b)
Plant-like
c)
Fungus-like
d)
Bacteria-like
28.
Which type of Protist is this?
a)
Animal-like
b)
Plant-like
c)
Fungus-like
d)
Bacteria-like
29.

Which part of a mushroom protects the gills, which make spores?

a)

Cap

b)

Stalk

c)

Hyphae

30.

Which part of a mushroom is used to absorb nutrients?

a)

Cap

b)

Stalk

c)

Hyphae

31.

In order for plants to go through photosynthesis, plants need carbon dioxide, water, and ____

a)

oxygen

b)

soil

c)

sunlight

d)

sugar

32.

The products of photosynthesis are sugar and ___________________________________. (what is produced from the process of photosynthesis)

a)

oxygen

b)

soil

c)

light

d)

sugar

33.

What are two groups that plants are classified in?

a)

Vascular and Nonvascular

b)

Monocots and Dicots

c)

Xylem and Phloem

d)

Seed and Seedless (meaning it reproduces by spores)

34.

What are the two types of Vascular plants?

a)

Vascular and Non-vascular

b)

Monocots and Dicots

c)

Xylem and Phloem

d)

Seed-producing and Seedless/Spore-producing plants

35.

Seed plants can be classified as?

a)

Vascular and Nonvascular

b)

Monocots and Dicots

c)

Xylem and Phloem

d)

Cone-bearing plants AKA Gymnosperms and Flowering Plants AKA Angiosperms

36.

What are the two types of Flowering Plants AKA Angiosperms?

a)

Vascular and Nonvascular

b)

Monocots and Dicots

c)

Xylem and Phloem

37.

Which type of plant reproduces by spores, has no roots, stems, or true leaves, is small, grows low to the ground, and grows near water so that water can absorb directly through the plant's cell.

a)

Vascular

b)

Nonvascular

38.

Which type of vascular tissue transports food or nutrients through the plant?

a)

Xylem

b)

Phloem

39.

Which type of vascular plant reproduces with spores?

a)

Seed-Producing Plants

b)

Seedless/Spore-producing Plants

40.

What type of plant is this? (Hint: all fruit and vegetables come from flowering plants)

a)

Cone-bearing plants/Gymnosperms

b)

Flowering Plants/Angiosperm

41.

What type of Flowering Plant/Angiosperm is this? (hint:corn)

a)

Monocot

b)

Dicot

42.

This parasitic worm might be found in your stomach or an animal's heart (let's hope not). What is it?

a)

Flatworm

b)

Roundworm

c)

Segmented worm

43.
This worm might be found in your backyard. What is it? 
a)
Flatworm
b)
Roundworm
c)
Segmented worm
44.

This Sea Star belongs to what animal group?

a)

Porifera

b)

Mollusk

c)

Echinoderms

d)

Arthropods

45.
This is an Arthropod. It has jointed legs. What kinds of skeletons do these guys have?
a)
Endoskeleton
b)
Exoskeleton
46.

What animal group does a squid belong?

a)

Fish

b)

Mollusk

c)

Arthropod

d)

Mammal

47.

What type of animal is this?

a)

fish

b)

amphibian

c)

mollusk

48.

This thing has feathers, hollow bones, lays eggs, is endothermic, and has a backbone aka has an endoskeleton. What animal group does it belong to?

a)

Mammal

b)

Pisces

c)

Bird

d)

Reptile

49.
I sometimes get confused by others to be a plant. I'm heterotrophic and digest decaying material. What kingdom to I belong to?
a)
Archaebacteria
b)
Animalia
c)
Fungi
d)
Protista
50.
What organism possesses these traits?
a)
A. Eubateria
b)
B. Fungi
c)
C. Plantae
d)
D. Monera
51.
Protists and bacteria do not belong in the same kingdom because--
a)
Protists have a nucleus; bacteria do not.
b)
Protists eat bacteria.
c)
Bacteria are not made of cells.
d)
Protists are heterotrophic; bacteria are autotrophic.
52.

System for providing a scientific name for every organism is:

a)

a dichotomous key

b)

binomial nomenclature

c)

classification

d)

domain

53.

A wolf's scientific name is Canis rufus. Which genus does it belong to?

a)

Canis

b)

rufus

c)

wolf

d)

animal

54.

In which way(s) do protists obtain food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Both

55.
How do fungi reproduce? 
a)
Sexually
b)
Asexually
c)
Both 
56.

Which are nonvascular plants?

a)

hornworts, liverworts, pinetrees

b)

mosses, liverworts, roses

c)

mosses, hornworts, liverworts

57.

Which are cone bearing plants?

a)

flowering plants such as roses

b)

conifers such as pinetrees

58.

True or False: Almost all flowerless plants produce spores.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Ferns are ______________________ plants that reproduce by ______________________.

a)

nonvascular; seeds

b)

vascular; spores

c)

nonvascular; spores

d)

vascular; seeds

60.

Two types of plant stems:

a)

tap;fibrous

b)

herbaceous;woody

c)

tap;herbaceous

d)

woody;fibrous

61.

______________ and _____________ are examples of woody stems and ______________ and _______________ are examples of a herbaceous stems.

a)

grass and trees; shrubs and dandelions

b)

trees and shrubs; grass and strawberry plants

c)

trees and strawberry plants; grass and tomato plants

62.

Seeds contain the following

a)

embryo, cotyledon(seed leaf), seed coat

b)

seed coat(cotyledon leaf), water, spores

c)

embryo, seed coat, water

63.

Flowering plants with one seed leaf(cotyledon) are called ________________________, but flowering plants with two seed leaves(cotyledons) are called _______________

a)

dicots; monocots

b)

monocot; dicots

c)

vascular; nonvascular

d)

seeded plants; seedless plants (plants that reproduce by spores)

64.

I am a type of flowering plant with petals in multiples of 3's, long slender leaves with parallel veins, and stems with vascular tissue that is scattered.

a)

dicot

b)

monocot

65.

I am a type of flowering plant that has petals in multiples of 4's or 5's, wide leaves with branched veins, and stems with vascular tissue in circular bundles.

a)

monocot

b)

dicot

66.

_____________________________ are monocots where as ____________________ are examples of dicots.

a)

roses, grass, and maple trees; oak trees, wheat, corn, and lilies

b)

lilies, grass, and wheat; roses, dandelions, maple and oak trees

c)

roses, lilies, wheat; oak trees, wheat, and corn

67.

Female part of the flower __________________________; male part of the flower ____________________________________

a)

stamen; pistil

b)

pistil; stamen

c)

stigma; anthers

d)

filament; ovary

68.

The pistil is made of the _________________. The stamen is made up of the _________________________.

a)

anthers and filament; sticky stigma, style, and ovary

b)

sticky stigma, style, and ovary; anthers and filament

69.

The stigma makes the eggs where as the ovaries catch pollen.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

The anthers make _________ which contain _________ and the ovary creates and hold the ___________.

a)

eggs, DNA, sperm

b)

pollen, sperm, eggs

c)

pollen, DNA, eggs

71.

Insects and animals which aid in transferring pollen from the anthers to the sticky stigma are called _____. (pollination)

a)

helpers

b)

worker bees

c)

pollinators

d)

germinators

72.

What is the correct order of the life cycle of a flowering plant?

a)

seed production, germination, plant development, pollination, fertilization

b)

fertilization, seed production,germination, pollination, plant development

c)

pollination, fertilization, seed production, germination, plant growth

73.

What part of the plant is the site for photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration?

a)

stem

b)

roots

c)

leaves

74.

The ________holds the plant upright and aids in transporting water from the roots and food/nutrients from the leaves.

a)

stem

b)

leaves

c)

roots

75.

The _________anchor the plant into the ground and the__________ help to spread the surface area so it can get more water.

a)

root hairs, roots

b)

roots, root hairs

c)

tap root, root hairs

76.

Which have fibrous roots?

a)

carrots, corn, grass

b)

grass, corn, some trees

c)

cactus, corn, roses

d)

carrots, dandelions, grass

77.

What is a perfect description of this plant?

a)

nonvascular, flowering plant, produces seeds, has fibrous roots

b)

vascular plant, flowering plant, produces seeds, has a tap root

c)

nonvascular plant, cone bearing plant, produces seeds, has fibrous roots

78.

Which groupings are correct?

a)

Tap roots: corn, cacti, dandelions Fibrous roots: grass, some trees, dandelions

b)

Tap roots: carrots, cacti, dandelions Fibrous roots: corn, grass, some trees

c)

Tap roots: dandelions, carrots, cacti Fibrous roots: corn, some trees, grass

79.

Seeds can be dispersed or spread by the following

a)

wind, water, or animals

b)

gravity, wind, and water

c)

animals, wind, and other plants

80.

Before an egg is fertilized, what process has to occur first.

a)

plant development

b)

pollination

c)

germination

d)

seed production

81.

After an egg is fertilized, it ________________________.

a)

germinates

b)

becomes a seed

c)

becomes pollinated

82.

What keeps a baby plant(embryo) from getting damaged?

a)

seed coat

b)

cotyledon

c)

shell

83.

What protects the seed?

a)

ripened ovary such as a fruit or vegetable

b)

pistil

c)

stamen

d)

flowers

84.

When a flowering plant produces flowers, it is ready to reproduce

a)

True

b)

False

85.

Ovules are egg cells that are made in the _____________, when they become fertilized they grow and develop into _________.

a)

ovaries; plants

b)

ovaries; seeds

c)

anthers; seeds

d)

anthers; plants

86.

Roses use _________ to protect themselves, however, poison ivy uses __________________________.

a)

poison, thorns

b)

thorns, touch

c)

thorns, poison

d)

poison, touch

87.

When a Venus Fly Trap closes it's leaves, it uses______ to protect itself.

a)

poison

b)

thorns

c)

thigmotropism (touch)

d)

a weapon

88.

When pollen reaches the sticky stigma it ________.

a)

says hello

b)

travels through the style and digs a pollen tube or tunnel to the eggs located in the ovary

c)

hangs around the sticky stigma

89.

What part of a plant protects the reproductive structures such as the pistil and stamen?

a)

stem

b)

cotyledon

c)

fruit (ripened ovary)

d)

Flower (petals)

90.

Carefully look at this picture. This flower is a ________________________________________.

a)

monocot

b)

dicot

91.

The following animal is a(n) _________________________________________

a)

reptile

b)

fish

c)

amphibian

d)

bird