6 Kingdoms Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which combination of traits is most characteristic of kingdom Animalia?
Multicellular, heterotrophic by ingestion, and lacking cell walls
Multicellular, photosynthetic, with cellulose cell walls
Mostly unicellular, prokaryotic, with peptidoglycan cell walls
Heterotrophic by absorption, with chitin cell walls
2. A mushroom grows from a network of threadlike hyphae in soil and releases spores from a visible reproductive structure. Which kingdom does it represent?
Plantae
Fungi
Archaebacteria
Protista
3. A photosynthetic microbe contains no nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles and has peptidoglycan in its cell wall. It is most likely a member of which kingdom?
Eubacteria
Protista
Plantae
Archaebacteria
4. Yeast is unicellular, but its cells have nuclei and it absorbs organic nutrients rather than ingesting or photosynthesizing. Which kingdom contains yeast?
Plantae
Protista
Eubacteria
Fungi
5. A sea anemone remains attached to a surface as an adult, but it captures and ingests prey, is multicellular, and has no cell walls. Which kingdom best fits it?
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Protista
6. Kelp is large, multicellular, and photosynthetic, but in the traditional six-kingdom teaching model it is grouped with algae rather than true plants. Which kingdom is it assigned to?
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Protista
7. Which list contains only kingdoms whose organisms have eukaryotic cells?
Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, and Plantae
Archaebacteria, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, and Fungi
8. Which comparison between fungi and plants is accurate?
Fungi and plants both obtain food primarily by photosynthesis.
Fungi lack cell walls, while plants have chitin cell walls.
Fungi absorb organic nutrients and usually have chitin walls, while plants photosynthesize and have cellulose walls.
Fungi are prokaryotic, while plants are eukaryotic.
9. A newly studied organism is unicellular, has no nucleus, and possesses a cell wall containing peptidoglycan. Which kingdom best fits it?
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
10. An organism is multicellular, produces glucose by photosynthesis, and has cellulose cell walls. Which kingdom is the best classification?
Protista
Fungi
Animalia
Plantae
11. Microbes in an oxygen-free wetland produce methane and have cell walls without peptidoglycan. Which kingdom best matches them in the traditional model?
Eubacteria
Protista
Archaebacteria
Fungi
12. Researchers find a multicellular organism with chitin cell walls that releases enzymes onto dead material and then absorbs the nutrients. Which kingdom does it belong to?
Fungi
Protista
Plantae
Animalia
13. A unicellular organism has no nucleus, lacks peptidoglycan, and possesses membrane chemistry characteristic of microbes called archaea. Which traditional kingdom fits it?
Protista
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Fungi
14. In the traditional six-kingdom model, which feature most directly distinguishes Archaebacteria from Eubacteria?
Archaebacteria have membrane-bound nuclei, while Eubacteria do not.
Archaebacteria lack peptidoglycan in their cell walls, while typical eubacterial walls contain it.
Archaebacteria are always multicellular, while Eubacteria are unicellular.
Archaebacteria photosynthesize, while Eubacteria cannot.
15. Euglena is a single-celled eukaryote that can photosynthesize but can also obtain food from its surroundings. In the traditional model, which kingdom accommodates this mixed set of traits?
Plantae
Protista
Eubacteria
Animalia
16. An amoeba is a single-celled organism with a nucleus that engulfs food using temporary extensions called pseudopods. In the six-kingdom model, where is it classified?
Animalia
Eubacteria
Fungi
Protista