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Directed Reading B
Section: Domains and Kingdoms
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1. What categories did people think all organisms fit into before Euglena was
discovered?
a. plants or animals
b. fish or birds
c. plants or mammals
d. animals or trees
WHAT IS IT?
2. On what basis do scientists classify organisms?
a. shape
b. size
c. smell
d. characteristics
3. What are some of Euglena’s plantlike characteristics?
a. single celled, moves around
b. green, tall, has flowers
c. green, makes food
d. moves, eats other organisms
4. What are some of Euglena’s animal-like characteristics?
a. single celled, moves around
b. green, tall, has flowers
c. single celled, green, makes food
d. moves, eats other organisms
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5. What kingdom did scientists add for organisms that may have both plant
and animal characteristics?
a. Euglena
b. Protista
c. Fungi
d. Animalia
6. Today, how many domains are in the classification system?
a. five
b. three
c. seven
d. eight
THE DOMAIN ARCHAEA
7. What is the name given to small, single-celled organisms with no nuclei?
a. seeds
b. prokaryotes
c. Euglena
d. germs
8. What kind of prokaryote can live where other organisms cannot survive?
a. archaea
b. bacteria
c. protista
d. fungi
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THE DOMAIN BACTERIA
Circle the letter of the best answer for each question.
9. Which vitamin is produced in the human intestines by bacteria?
a. vitamin C
b. vitamin A
c. vitamin K
d. vitamin E
10. What kind of food do bacteria help us make from milk?
a. ice cream
b. milkshakes
c. whipped cream
d. yogurt
11. What kind of infection can some kinds of bacteria cause in people?
a. bad colds
b. flu
c. pneumonia
d. warts
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THE DOMAIN EUKARYA
The Kingdom Protista
Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Fill in each blank with
the word that best completes the sentence.
protists
eukaryotes
algae
Eukarya
protozoans
12. Organisms that have nuclei and cell membranes are called
______________________.
13. Single-celled or multicellular organisms that are not fungi, plants, or
animals are called ______________________.
14. The kingdom Protista contains plantlike organisms called
______________________.
15. The kingdom Protista contains animal-like organisms called
______________________.
16. The domain ______________________ is made up of all eukaryotes.
The Kingdom Fungi
Circle the letter of the best answer for each question.
17. What can plants do that fungi cannot?
a. cellular respiration
b. fermentation
c. photosynthesis
d. digestion
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18. Which statement about fungi is true?
a. They reproduce using spores.
b. They can move.
c. They eat food.
d. Wild fungi are always safe to eat.
19. Where do fungi get their nutrients?
a. from the air
b. from the sun
c. from their surroundings
d. from energy
20. How do fungi obtain nutrients?
a. They digest and absorb them.
b. They chew and swallow them.
c. They produce them.
d. They capture and eat them.
The Kingdom Plantae
21. What kind of eukaryotic organisms have cell walls and make their own
food?
a. animals
b. plants
c. Archaea
d. fungi
22. What does most life on Earth depend on?
a. plants
b. protists
c. fungi
d. animals
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23. What must plants be exposed to for photosynthesis to occur?
a. rainwater
b. food
c. sunlight
d. animals
24. What do plants provide for many other organisms?
a. fungi
b. protozoa
c. sunlight
d. a place to live
The Kingdom Animalia
25. What characteristics do most members of kingdom Animalia have?
a. They are unicellular and green.
b. They have cell walls.
c. They are multicellular and can move.
d. They have feathers or hair.
26. What do sense organs allow animals to do?
a. to digest their food
b. to respond to their environment
c. to grow
d. to rest
27. What do animals depend on bacteria and fungi for?
a. to recycle nutrients in the environment
b. to supply chlorophyll
c. to eat
d. to use sunlight
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STRANGE ORGANISMS
Circle the letter of the best answer for each question.
28. Which of these is an example of a very simple animal that has no sense
organs?
a. tortoise
b. beetle
c. sponge
d. bird
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