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IGCSE Topic 1 - The Five Kingdoms

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which kingdom does an Oak tree belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

2.

Which kingdom contains prokaryotic organisms?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

3.

Which kingdom does Amoeba belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

4.

Which feature does Amoeba share with animals?

a)

It is multicellular

b)

It is autotrophic.

c)

It stores starch.

d)

It has no cell wall.

5.

What term is used to describe an organism that obtains nutrition by producing its own food by photosynthesis?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Saprotroph

d)

Chemotroph

6.

Which kingdom does seaweed belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

7.

Which carbohydrate is stored by both animals and fungi?

a)

Glucose

b)

Glycogen

c)

Starch

d)

Sugar

8.

Which kingdom does a seahorse belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

9.

Which kingdom ONLY contains unicellular organisms?

a)

Animals

b)

Plants

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctists

e)

Bacteria

10.

What term is used to describe an organism that feeds by secreting enzymes on to dead and decaying organic material and then absorbing the soluble products?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Saptrotroph

d)

Phototroph

11.

What kingdom does Mucor belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

12.

Which term describes an organism made of a single cell?

a)

Monocellular

b)

Multicellular

c)

Unicellular

d)

Solocellular

13.

Which of the following organisms are pathogens?

a)

Plasmodium

b)

Pneumococcus

c)

Salmonella

d)

All of the above

14.

The bodies of mushrooms and moulds are made out of long filaments. What are these filaments called?

a)

Mycelium

b)

Chitin

c)

Hyphae

d)

Glycogen

15.

What kingdom does Salmonella belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

16.

Which bacterium is used to make yoghurt and cheese?

a)

Salomonella

b)

Lactobacillus

c)

Pneumococcus

d)

Plasmodium

17.

Which term is used to describe an organism that obtains nutrition by feeding on other organisms?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Saprotroph

d)

Phototroph

18.

What kingdom does Plasmodium belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

19.

Which of the following correctly shows the four eukaryotic kingdoms?

a)

Animals, Plants, Bacteria, Fungi

b)

Plants, Protoctists, Animals, Bacteria

c)

Protoctists, Plants, Animals, Fungi

d)

Fungi, Bacteria, Protoctists, Animals

20.

Which of the following organisms has a circular chromosome?

a)

Yeast

b)

Amoeba

c)

Pneumococcus

d)

Plasmodium

21.

Which kingdom does yeast belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

22.

Which kingdom contains organisms that do NOT have cell walls?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

23.

Which kingdom does Chlorella belong to?

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protoctist

e)

Bacteria

24.

Athlete's foot is caused by which type of microbe?

a)

Bacterium

b)

Protoctist

c)

Virus

d)

Fungus

25.

Most biologists agree that viruses are NOT living organisms.


Which of the following is NOT a valid reason why they think this?

a)

They do not contain cytoplasm.

b)

They do not contain a nucleus.

c)

They can only reproduce inside a host cell.

d)

They do not grow.