The Six Kingdom System
1. If you were asked to classify an organism that
is multicullular and autotrophic, in which two
kingdoms might you place it?
Domain
Kingdom
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Example
2. If your “mystery organism” is unicellular and
prokaryotic, into which two kingdoms might
you place it?
3a. If the “mystery organism” is multicellular,
eukaryotic, and, it could belong to which two
kingdoms?
3b. What characteristics would help you
determine in which kingdom it belonged?
Number of
cells
Presence of
membranebound
nucleus and
organelles
Cell Wall
make up
Form of
nutrition
Question
Eukaryote
Prokaryote
Virus
Made of
cell(s)?
Has a
nucleus?
Is living?
Move on
own?
Reproduce
on own?
Has DNA?
Has
organelles?
Has a cell
wall?
Has
ribosomes?
Size?
Domain?
Kingdom?
Taxonomy - Kingdom Guided Questions
Write your answer to each question in complete sentences. Use your knowledge of characteristics of kingdoms
1. A unicellular prokaryote has been discovered by a microbiologist. What additional information would be needed to properly classify the new organism?
2. What chemical process can organisms of the plant kingdom complete that those in the fungi kingdom cannot?
3. Leslie knows that the cell walls of fungi are made of chitin. She observes an organism that has cell walls made of cellulose. What kingdom is this
organism classified in? How do you know?
4. James observes a eukaryotic organism under the microscope that contains green pigment. However, his group members tell him that the organism
belongs to kingdom with consumers and decomposers as well. Which kingdom does this organism belong to? How do you know?
5. What characteristic(s) do members of the kingdom protists, fungi, plants and animals all share?
6. A multicellular photosynthetic organism has been identified in a tropical environment. It is mostly likely a member of what kingdom? How do you know?
7. An organism was discovered on the ocean floor. This organism survives without oxygen and produces methane as a product of its metabolism. What
kingdom does this organism belong to? How do you know?