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ANSWER KEY
Name: ________________________________
Date: _________________________________

THE SIX KINGDOMS


AND THREE DOMAINS OF LIFE
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIX KINGDOMS OF LIFE


Carl Linnaeus
1. Who was the father of taxonomy? __________________________
plants
2. Into what two kingdoms did he divide all forms of life? ___________________ animals
and __________________.
3. What two new discoveries helped shape the development of the kingdoms of life?
The advent of the microscope.
1) ____________________________________________________________________________________
A greater understanding of genetics.
2) ____________________________________________________________________________________

4. Timeline for the development of the six kingdoms of life.

bacteria bacteria

Archaebacteria
Protista Eubacteria
photosynthesize
plants unicellular
animals fungi monera

Plantae
Animalia Archae-
bacteria
Protista
Fungi Monera Eubacteria

2 3 4 5 6

DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH KINGDOM


Kingdom Plantae

all multicellular
5. Are they unicellular or multicellular? _________________________
through photosynthesis
6. How do they obtain food? ___________________________
7. What other things are distinctive about this kingdom? ________________________
they all have cell walls containing cellulose
____________________________________________________________________

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Kingdom Animalia
8. all multicellular
Are they unicellular or multicellular? _________________________
9. no
Are their cells surrounded by cell walls? __________
10. heterotrophically – must consume it
How do they obtain food? _______________________________________________________
11. in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats
Where can you find members of this kingdom? __________________________________________________

Kingdom Fungi
12. heterotrophically
How do they obtain food? ___________________________
13. they cannot photosynthesize
How are they different from Kingdom Plantae? ______________________________________
14. yes If so, what is distinctive about their cell walls? _______________________
Do they have cell walls? ________ they contain chitin
15. since most are terrestrial – on land
Where will you most likely find members of this kingdom? _________________________________________

Kingdom Eubacteria
16. all unicellular
Are they unicellular or multicellular? _________________________
17. all prokaryotic
Are they prokaryotic or eukaryotic? _________________________
18. asexually through binary fission
How do they reproduce? _________________________________________
19. yes If so, what is distinctive about their cell wall? _______________________
Do they have cell walls? ________ contains peptidoglycans
20. Though many are ______________________,
beneficial some can cause _________________
diseases like strep throat.

Kingdom Archaebacteria
21. Are they unicellular or multicellular? _________________________
all unicellular
22. Are they prokaryotic or eukaryotic? _________________________
all prokaryotic
23. How are their cell walls different from those of Kingdom Eubacteria? _________________________________
they lack peptidoglycans
24. Where can you find them? ___________________________________________________________________
extreme environments – deep sea vents, hot springs, Dead Sea
25. ____________
None have been known to cause disease.

Kingdom Protista
ones that don’t fit into the other kingdoms
26. What organisms get placed in this kingdom?_______________________________________
27. What three other kingdoms do members of this kingdom resemble?
Kingdoms Fungi, Animalia and Plantae
_________________________________________________________________
28. Classifying members of this group is difficult because they exhibit a variety of different and even opposing
characteristics like:
without cell walls
a) You can find them with cell walls AND ____________________________.
heterotrophic
b) They can be _______________________ AND photosynthetic.
multicellular
c) They can be unicellular AND ____________________________.
sexually asexually
d) They can reproduce ___________________ AND ___________________.
aquatic
e) Most are ______________________ terrestrial
but SOME are ______________________.

THE THREE DOMAIN SYSTEM AND MODERN TAXONOMY


He figured out that Archaebacteria were distinct from
29. What is Carl Woese famous for? ______________________________________________
Eubacteria and that they shouldn’t be placed together in Kingdom Monera.
_________________________________________________________________________
Bacteria
30. He renamed eubacteria ______________________ and he renamed archaebacteria
Archae
____________________
phylogenetic taxonomy
31. Hey used __________________________ as well as the analysis of
ribosomal RNA
_______________________ three domain
to help define the ___________________ system of life.
Eukaryota
32. What domain was protists, fungi, plants and animals put into? ______________________
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