6 kingdoms webquest
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6 kingdoms webquest
Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _____________ Block: _______
The Six Kingdoms Internet Lab
Complete the following chart and question 1-3 using your notes & what you have learned in class.
Kingdom
Prokaryote/Eukaryote? Unicellular/Multicellular? Heterotroph/Autotroph?
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protists
Fungi
Plants
Animals
1. Who developed the first classification system? ____________________________________________
2. In what 2 groups did he place organisms? _____________________________________________
3. Who developed the classification system we still use today? ______________________________
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Go to http://www.ric.edu/ptiskus/Six_Kingdoms/Index.htm
5. How are organisms placed in their kingdoms? ___________________________________________
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6. Why are plants so important to our Earth? _______________________________________________
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7. Which kingdom is the largest? _____________________________
8. How many different species are in this kingdom? _____________________
Click on “animal”
9. Give an example of an organism in each of the vertebrate classes?
Fish: ___________________________________
Amphibian: _____________________________
Reptile: _________________________________
Bird: ____________________________________
Mammal: ________________________________
Click on “amphibian”
10. Why are the South American ornate horn frogs called “mouths with legs”? _________________
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Go back to the “Animal Bytes” page
Click on “birds”
11. How do Bald Eagles swim? _____________________________________________________________
Go back to the original webpage. (you may have to click the back arrow 4-5 times)
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12. What is the scientific name of the Sumatran Tiger? ________________________________________
**Remember how to correctly write scientific names**
13. Which 2 group names do you combine? ____________________________________________________
Go back to the original webpage. (you may have to click the back arrow 4-5 times)
14. Members of which kingdom are found in the most diverse environments of the world?
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15. Where was one of the first places that Archaebacteria was discovered? _________________
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Click on “eubacteria”
16. What does prokaryotic mean? __________________________________________________________
Click the Back arrow
Click on “protists” in the SECOND paragraph of the section.
17. What are animal-like protists called? ___________________________________________________
18. List the 4 basic groups of animal-like protists based on how they move
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19. How do fungus-like protists reproduce? ________________________________________________
20. List 3 types of fungus-like protists. _____________________________________________________
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21. Where can plant-like protists live? _____________________________________________________
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22. Why are plant-like protists important to life on Earth? ___________________________________
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23. List the 4 basic groups of plant-like protists. ___________________________________________
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24. What is another name for brown algae? _________________________________________________
25. How are red algae used by humans? ____________________________________________________
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26. How are brown algae used by humans? _________________________________________________
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Go to: http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/factindx1.htm
Click on “What are fungi?”
27. Why is fungi considered a “hidden kingdom”? __________________________________________
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28. What material makes up the cell walls of fungi? _________________________________________
29. What other organisms that need this substance? _________________________________________
30. Give 2 examples of fungal diseases in humans. __________________________________________
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31. List 3 ways in which humans use fungal products everyday. ______________________________
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