Taxonomy Quiz 4 Prep Flashcards
What are the characteristics of MONERA?
Prokaryotic, unicellular or colonial, autotrophic or heterotrophic, microscopic
What are the characteristics of PROTISTA?
Unicellular or colonial, autotrophic or heterotrophic, eukaryotic
What are the characteristics of FUNGI?
Unicellular or multicellular, saprophytic or parasitic, eukaryotic
What are the characteristics of PLANTAE?
Multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotic
What are the characteristics of ANIMALIA?
Multicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotic
An organism that can make it’s own food is…
Autotrophic
An organism that only has one cell is called…
Unicellular
A cell that has membrane bound organelles is…
Eukaryotic
An organism that has to get food is…
Heterotrophic
An organism that has more than one cell is…
Multicellular
An organism that does not have membrane bound organelles is…
Prokaryotic
Define prokaryotic
No membrane bound organelles
Define heterotrophic.
Must get it’s food from an outside source.
Define multicellular.
Made of more than one cell.
Define autotrophic.
An organism that makes it’s own food.
Define unicellular.
Made of only one cell.
Define eukaryotic.
Has membrane bound organelles.
What kingdom(s) is/are prokaryotic?
Only one: monera.
Fungi can be saprophytic or parasitic. That makes them what?
Heterotrophic
Protista can be unicellular or colonial. (Not a question, but something you should know.)
Do you?
What division does slime mold belong to?
Myxomycota
What kind of life cycle does myxomycota have?
Alternation of generations.
What is the common name for myxomycota?
Slime mold
What division is the above?

Myxomycota
Yeast belongs to which division?
Ascomycota
How does ascomycota reproduce?
Budding
Which division has protist like stages?
Myxomycota
What division is brown algae?
Phaeophyta
What is the photosynthetic pigment of Chlorophyta?
Chlorophyll
Moss belongs to what division?
Bryophyta
Pine trees belong to what division?
Coniferophyta
Most plants belong to what divsion?
Angiospermophyta
What is the photosynthetic pigment of Phaeophyta?
Fucoxanthan
What is the common name of Chlorophyta?
Green algae
What is the common name of Bryophyta?
Moss/Liverworts
What is the common name of Coniferophyta?
Pine trees
What is the photosynthetic pigment of angiospermophyta?
Chlorophyll
Flowers belong to what division?
Angiospermophyta
What is a common name of Phaeophyta?
Kelp
What habitat would you mostly find Phaeophyta?
Aquatic/marine
What habitat would you mostly find Chlorophyta?
Aquatic/fresh water
Which of the Plantae divsions are mostly terrestrial?
Bryophyta, Coniferophyta, & Angiospermophyta
Terrestrial indicates that the organism lives on land.