Classification Pre-Test: What Do You Know Already?

Question 1

What factors do the Kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia have in common?

Accepted Answer

all eukaryotes

Question 2

Which of the following does not describe a fungus?

Accepted Answer

can carry on photosynthesis

Question 3

Which statement best describes members of the plant kingdom?

Accepted Answer

multicellular, autotrophic

Question 4

What is a major difference between plant and animal cells?

Accepted Answer

Plant cells have cell walls, and animal cells don’t

Question 5

The branch of science that identifies and categorizes organisms is —

Accepted Answer

Taxonomy

Question 6

Which characteristic applies to all organisms in the Kingdom Protista?

Accepted Answer

Eukaryotic

Question 7

______ is not found in all chordates at some point in their development?

Accepted Answer

vertebrae

Question 8

In which of the following Kingdoms or Domains would an organism not have a cell wall?

Accepted Answer

Animalia

Question 9

Biologists use ______________ to create a cladogram.

Accepted Answer

Phylogeny

Question 10

Which kingdom consists of mainly multicellular producers?

Accepted Answer

Plant

Question 11

The organisms Felis catus and Felis silvestris do not belong to the same —

Accepted Answer

Species

Question 12

After the Domain, the most general group that an organism can belong to is its —

Accepted Answer

Kingdom

Question 13

Which kingdom of organisms have cell walls of chitin and cannot photosynthesize?

Accepted Answer

Fungi

Question 14

Archaebacteria includes all of the following extremophiles except ―

Accepted Answer

pathogens

Question 15

Two organisms within the same genus can be organized into several related —

Accepted Answer

Species

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