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Kingdom classification

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This organism spends its day attached a hard underwater surface. Water currents flowing through it provide the organism with food and oxygen and remove its wastes. It has no organs, but some of its cells have specialized jobs.

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Animalia

c)

Protista

d)

Fungi

2.

This organism spends its day roaming through the forest in search of food. Its hunting techniques require use of its keen sense of smell and hearing.

a)

Plantae

b)

Archaebacteria

c)

Fungi

d)

Anmialia

3.

This tiny organism spends its day reproducing rapidly (about once every 20 minutes), often inside the bodies of other organisms. Its genetic material is not contained inside a nucleus.

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Protista

c)

Fungi

d)

Plantae

4.

This rather soft, low-lying organism spends its day taking nutrients from a rotten log through its hyphae. It continues to undergo cell division and grow larger.

a)

Plantae

b)

Fungi

c)

Archaebacteria

d)

Animalia

5.

This very small, thin organism spends its day using its flagellum to propel itself through pond water. If sunlight is available, it can make its own food.

a)

Eubacteria

b)

Protista

c)

Archaebacteria

d)

Plantae

6.

This organism spends its day in hot gases and molten rock deep within the earth. This type of tiny organism existed billions of years ago.

a)

Fungi

b)

Eubacteria

c)

Archaebacteria

d)

Animalia

7.

This organism spends its day taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen through its stomata. It never eats but can grow many meters tall.

a)

Fungi

b)

Plantae

c)

Protista

d)

Animalia

8.
How many levels of classification are there?
a)
3
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
9.
Which kingdom is autotrophic AND has a cell wall?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Plantae
d)
Protista
10.
 You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?
a)
Plantae
b)
Protists
c)
Fungi
d)
Animalia
11.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
12.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
13.
The 7 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
14.
A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?
a)
Juniper
b)
Pine
c)
Spruce
d)
Fir
15.
Which of the following organisms are MOST closely related?
a)
organisms that share a domain
b)
organisms that share a family 
c)
organisms that share a genus 
d)
organisms that share an order  
16.
What is the name of bird Z?
a)
Certhidea
b)
Geospiza
c)
Camarhynchus
d)
Platyspiza
17.
What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
What is the most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
19.
I have cell walls
I am an autotroph
I am multicellular
What am I?
a)
Plant
b)
Animal
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Unicorn
20.
I have no cell walls
I am eukaryotic
I reproduce sexually
I am multicellular
What kingdom do I belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Animalia
c)
Protista
d)
Fungi
21.
I can be either a heterotroph or an autotroph-
I can be either multicellular or unicellular-
I can have cell walls or not-
The only thing for sure about me is that I have a nucleus in my cells...
I am Kingdom ____________ .
a)
Plantae
b)
Protista
c)
Animalia
d)
of Oz
22.
Kingdom Plantae is
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
trophy wife!
23.
Kingdom Animalia is
a)
Eukayotic
b)
Prokaryotic
c)
Pick me!
d)
No, Pick me!!
24.
Members of  Kingdom Animalia are...
a)
heterotrophs.
b)
autotrophs
25.
My Kingdom includes mushrooms and yeast!
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Eubacteria
d)
Fungi
26.
What can an Autotrophic organism due that a heterotrophic organism can NOT?
a)
Make their own food 
b)
Have a nuclues
c)
Reproduce through binary fission
d)
They're the same
27.
Seaweed, algae, slime, mold and mildew are examples of
a)
Plants
b)
Protist
c)
Fungi
d)
Archaea
28.
Mosses, hornworts, liverworts, ferns are examples of
a)

Protists

b)
Fungi
c)
Plants
d)
Animals
29.
What is the difference between unicellular and multicellular?
a)
They are the same
b)
One has a nucleus and one doesn't
c)
Unicellular has one cell and multicellular has many 
d)
One is bacteria and the is archaebacteria
30.
Is fungi autotrophic or heterotrophic?
a)
Autotrophic, they make their own food
b)
Hetertrophic, they get food from other organisms
31.
Do eukaryotes have a nucleus? 
a)
yes
b)
no
32.
Do prokaryotes have a nucleus? 
a)
yes
b)
no
33.
Which kingdom is autotrophic AND has a cell wall?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Fungi
c)
Plantae
d)
Protista
34.
Lamprey and hagfish are examples of jawless fishes thus they are cold blooded. 
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
35.
It is a group of fish whose skeletons are made up of cartilage rather than bones. They have jaws,tough scales and breathe through the spiracles on top of their heads. 
a)
Jawless fishes
b)
Cartilaginous fishes
c)
Bony fishes
36.
Which of the following is a set of amphibians?
a)
rattlesnake, crocodile, alligator
b)
ostrich, crane, woodpecker
c)
salamander, toads, frogs
37.
Which group is an egg-laying mammal?
a)
Marcupial
b)
Monotreme
c)
Placental
38.
Arthropods are coelomate animals with jointed segments and an exoskeleton made of chitin. 
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
39.
______ are also called flatworms. They are bilaterally symmetrical, dorsoventrally flattened worms that include planaria, flukes and tapeworms. 
a)
Cnidarians
b)
Platyhelminthes
c)
Nematodes
d)
Mollusks
40.
Earthworms and leeches are common examples of? 
a)
Nematodes
b)
Annelids
c)
Mollusks
41.
Which pair is correct?
a)
hookworm - trichinosis
b)
Filarial worms- elephantiasis
42.
Hydras, jellyfishes and corals are examples of?
a)
Sponges
b)
Platyhelminthes
c)
Cnidarians
43.
Vertebrate animals are under what phylum?
a)
Arthropoda
b)
Chordata
c)
Porifera
44.

Why do scientists classify animals?

a)

to organize information

b)

to show relationships

c)

to learn more about animals

d)

all of the above

45.

Which is NOT a way scientists classify animals into groups?

a)

by how much they weigh

b)

by their body covering

c)

by whether they are cold-blooded or warm-blooded

d)

by whether they are vertebrates of invertebrates

46.

How do some warm-blooded animals keep their body temperatures constant when their surroundings are cold?

a)

basking on a rock

b)

going into the shade

c)

burrowing in the mud

d)

migrating

47.

Which animal is NOT cold-blooded?

a)

a fish

b)

a mammal

c)

a reptile

d)

an amphibian

48.

How are animals that have backbones classified?

a)

as vertebrates

b)

as invertebrates

c)

as insects

d)

as jellyfish

49.

There are more cold-blooded than warm-blooded animals in the five groups of animals we learned about.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Cold-blooded animals body temperature fluctuates, whereas warm-blooded animals body temperature stays constant.

a)

True

b)

False