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Question 1

Which is the best characteristic that distinguishes the kingdom Archaebacteria from the kingdom Eubacteria?

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B: cell wall structure

Question 2

Which kingdom(s) include organisms that are autotrophic or heterotrophic?

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D: Protista and Eubacteria

Question 3

What are the six kingdoms of life?

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D: Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Animalia, Protista, Fungi, Plantae

Question 4

What is the smallest taxonomic group that contains organisms of different species?

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B: genus

Question 5

Which kingdom is made up of mostly , but not exclusively, unicellular organisms?

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D: Protista

Question 6

Which level of classification contains all the others?

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B: domain

Question 7

Which of these lists the order of taxonomic levels from the largest to the smallest group?

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A: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 8

What are the three domains of life?

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D: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya

Question 9

Which characteristics are used to differentiate among the six kingdoms?

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D: body type, cell type, cell structure, nutrition

Question 10

Which kingdom is known to contain organisms that have cells with no cell walls?

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C: Animalia

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