Classification Kingdoms Test:
1. Organisms are placed in a kingdom, based on all the following characteristics
except whether or not the—
A organism’s cells have a nucleus.
C. organism is heterotrophic.
B organism is autotrophic.
D. organism is colorful.
2. An organism that can make its own food is called a/an —
A heterotroph. B. protist.
C. autotroph.
D. moneran.
3. How are fungi different from plants?
A. Fungi don’t grow in the ground.
C. Fungi do not have chlorophyll.
B. Fungi are only microscopic.
D. Fungi have no stems.
4. Which answer names one of the kingdoms of organisms living on Earth?
A. bird
B. plant
C. human
D. tree
5. Eubacteria do NOT
a. live in the human intestines.
b. converts milk to yogurt.
c. causes ear infections.
d. lives in hot springs.
6. Fungi obtain nutrients by
a. performing photosynthesis.
b. eating food.
C. absorbing them from their surroundings.
D. All of the above
7. Organisms in the kingdom usually move by themselves and have advanced
nervous systems that allow them to respond to their environment.
a. Fungi
B. Animalia
C. Plantae
d. Protista
8. What do fungi have in common with plants?
a. They are autotrophs.
C. They are prokaryotes.
b. They have cell walls.
D. They are unicellular organisms.
9. What do fungi have in common with animals?
a. They are autotrophs.
C. They are heterotrophs.
b. They can move.
D. They use spores to reproduce.
10. All plants are
a. autotrophs.
B. unicellular
C. heterotrophs.
D. prokaryotes.
11. Which of the following is a characteristic shared by all animals?
b. Their bodies have many cells.
C. They eat autotrophs.
c. They reproduce asexually.
D. They have skeletons.
12. Which of the following characteristics do all plants share?
a. being unicellular
C. being a prokaryote
b. producing flowers
D. being an autotroph
13. Which of the following kingdoms includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
a. Eubacteria
b. protists
c. plants
d. Archaebacteria
14. Which kingdom includes only multicellular heterotrophs?
a. protists
b. Archaebacteria
c. plant
d. animal
15. This type of bacteria has existed on Earth at least 3 billion years and is considered an
“ancient” type of life.
a. Protista
b. E. coli
c. Archaebacteria
d. Eubacteria
16. Which kingdom includes only prokaryotes?
a.
Archaebacteria
b. protists
c. plants
d. fungi
17. _________________ is the kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic heterotrophs whose cells
do not have cell walls.
a. fungi
b. plants
c. animalia
d. protists
18. The kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic autotrophs that have cell walls is
_______________.
a. fungi
b. plants
c. animalia
d. protists
19. The kingdom composed of heterotrophs with many obtains energy and nutrients from
dead organic matter are _______________.
a. fungi
b. plants
c. animalia
d. protists
20. The kingdom _________________ is composed of eukaryotes that are not classified as
plants, animals, or fungi.
a. fungi
b. plants
c. animalia
d. protists
21. The Fungi kingdom can be described as:
a. eukaryotic, multicellular
b. prokaryotic, multicellular
c. heterotrophic, cell walls
d. eukaryotic, single celled
22. From the following list of common and Latinized names determine which pair represents
the two most closely related plants.
broad bean Vicia faba
castor bean Ricinus communis
kidney bean Phaseolus vulgaris
potato bean Apios americana
scarlet runner bean Phaseolus coccineus
a. broad bean and castor bean
b. kidney bean and scarlet runner bean
c. castor bean and kidney bean
d. potato bean and broad bean
23. A certain organism is multicellular, adapted for photosynthesis, and has reproductive
organs. What which kingdom does it belong?
a. Animalia
b. fungi
c. Plantae
d. Protista
Use the chart to answer the next two questions.
KINGDOM
Characteristics
Moneran
Unicellular
Multicellular
Has nucleus
Producer
Consumer
all
none
none
some
some
Protista
most
some
all
some
some
Fungi
some
most
all
none
all
24. If an organism is unicellular and is a
producer, it cannot be a —
A. monera.
C. Protista.
B. Protista or fungi.
D. fungi.
25.An organism that is unicellular and does
not have a nucleus is
a —
A. fungi.
C. monera.
B. Protista.
D. monera or
Protista.
Put the following organisms into the six kingdoms. Just write the letter for the
following kingdoms:
A. Archaebacteria
B. Eubacteria
C. Protista
D. Fungi
E. Plantae
F. Animalia
26. horse
27. Halobacterium
28. Streptococcus
29. pine tree
30. mushroom
31. paramecium
32. slime mold
33. bread mold
34. sea anemone
35. grass