How is Life Classified?
Archaea
DOMAINS
Eukarya
Bacteria
Cut out each of the following words / phrases and place in the correct location on the word map. (35 points)
Free living or
parasitic
Oldest
organisms on
Earth
Protista
eukaryote
Plantae
prokaryote
Lives in
extreme
environments
Different
modes of
nutrition
Cell wall
contains
peptidoglycan
heterotroph
heterotroph
No nucleus
unicellular
Jellyfish /
zebra
eukaryote
Fungi
Mushroom /
yeast
Mostly
unicellular, some
unicellular
Archaebacteria
prokaryote
Obtain
energy via
absorption
Cell wall
with
cellulose
unicellular
Bacteria
Obtains energy
via
photosynthesis
Animalia
multicellular
Tree /
mosses
Eubacteria
multicellular
Cell wall
with chitin
Circular DNA
eukaryote
Protozoa /
algae
Analysis Questions
(5 points each)
1) Explain why the Kingdom Monera was divided into two kingdoms, Archeabacteria and Eubacteria. Justify your answer.
2) Compare and contrast the Kingdom Plantae to the Kingdom Fungi. (Provide at least three similarities and three differences.)
3) If you found an unidentified organism that was multicellular, had a nucleus, and had a cell wall made of chitin, into which kingdom would it
be classified? Justify your answer.