2.1: Classification

Question 1

What are Eubacteria?

Answer 1

These are the ‘true’ bacteria. (Prokaryotic).

Question 2

What is the definition for Archaea?

Answer 2

Prokaryotic but are extremophiles.

Question 3

What is the definition for Eukarya?

Answer 3

These are all the eukaryotic organisms.

Question 4

What is an extremophile?

Answer 4

An organism that lives in extreme conditions e.g very high temperatures.

Question 5

What is the cell wall of a prokaryote made of?

Answer 5

Peptidoglycan (murein).

Question 6

What kind of cell type are prokaryotes?

Answer 6

Unicellular.

Question 7

Are prokaryotes heterotrophic or autotrophic.

Answer 7

Could be either.

Question 8

Do prokaryotes have 80S or 70S ribosomes?

Answer 8

70S.

Question 9

Do prokaryotes have membrane bound organelles?

Answer 9

No.

Question 10

Animalia are multicellular ___ organisms.

Answer 10

Eukaryotic.

Question 11

Do cells in Animalia have cell walls?

Answer 11

No.

Question 12

What kind of co-ordination do Animalia use?

Answer 12

Nervous.

Question 13

What is the diet type of Animalia?

Answer 13

Heterotrophic and have holozoic nutrition. They digest internally.

Question 14

Plantae are..?

Answer 14

multicellular eukaryotic organisms.

Question 15

What are cell walls made of in Plantae?

Answer 15

Cellulose.

Question 16

What is the diet type of Plantae?

Answer 16

Autotrophic.

Question 17

What does autotroph mean?

Answer 17

organic molecules are made (in the case of Plantae, via photosynthesis.)

Question 18

Are fungi multicellular or unicellular?

Answer 18

Could be either.

Question 19

Fungi are all..?

Answer 19

Eukaryotes.

Question 20

What are cell walls made of in fungi?

Answer 20

Chitin.

Question 21

What is the diet type of fungi?

Answer 21

Heterotrophic and feed saprophytically (digest externally.)

Question 22

How do multicellular fungi grow?

Answer 22

In hyphae (long threads.)

Question 23

How do fungi reproduce?

Answer 23

Via spores.

Question 24

Are protoctista unicellular or multicellular?

Answer 24

Unicellular and eukaryotic.

Question 25

What is the diet type of protoctista?

Answer 25

Heterotrophic, autotrophic or both.

Question 26

What kind of grouping do protoctista have?

Answer 26

A very diverse one.