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Classification of Living Things
Domain
Kingdom
Cell Type
Cell Wall Type
and/or other
Group
Identifying
Cellular
Structures
Unicellular,
Multicellular
or Both
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
Autotroph,
Heterotroph
or Both
Unit: Classification
Name: _________________
Date:___________ Per:___
5 Examples
(Common or
Scientific
Names is
acceptable)
Read section 17.3 “Domains and Kingdoms” starting on page 499 in your Zebra biology
book. Answer the following questions on this handout.
1) How many domains are there? How many kingdoms are there?
2) What are the names of the domains?
3) Which kingdoms are found in which domains?
4) How are organisms classified into Domains?
5) How are organisms classified into Kingdoms?
6) What was discovered in the 1970s that caused scientists to change the classification of organisms from 5
kingdoms into 6 kingdoms and 3 domains in the early 1990s?
7) What do the cell walls of Bacteria contain that the cell walls of Archaea lack (do not have)?
8) Are the members of Domain Eukarya thought to be more closely related to those in Domain Bacteria or
Domain Archaea?
9) What are plant-like protists typically called? What are animal-like protists typically called?
10) What cell structure is found in some form in all living things except for those of Kingdom Animalia?