Biology STAAR Study Guide UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Biology STAAR Study Guide UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
How many kingdoms of life are there? Names of the kingdoms? - CORRECT ANSWER -
6 Kingdoms. They are Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia


Eukaryotic Definition - CORRECT ANSWER - Cells that contain a nucleus and other
membrane bound organelles


Prokaryotic Definition - CORRECT ANSWER - Cells that do not have a nucleus or other
organelles


Define Kingdom Archaea - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Archaebacteria.
Cell Structure: Cell Wall
Cell Type: Prokaryotic
Cell Number: Unicellular
Mode of Nutrition: Autotroph and Heterotroph


Define Kingdom Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eubacteria
Cell Structure: Cell Wall
Cell Type: Prokaryotic
Cell Number: Unicellular
Mode of Nutrition: Autotroph and Heterotroph


Define Kingdom Protista - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eukarya
Cell Structure: Cell Wall
Cell Type: Eukaryotic
Cell Number: Mostly Unicellular
Mode of Nutrition: Autotroph and Heterotroph

, Define Kingdom Fungi - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eukarya
Cell Structure: Cell wall made of chitin
Cell Type: Eukaryotic
Cell Number: Mostly multicellular
Mode of Nutrition: Heterotroph


Define Kingdom Plantae - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eukarya
Cell Structure: Cell wall and chloroplasts
Cell Type: Eukaryotic
Cell Number: Multicellular
Mode of Nutrition: Autotroph


Define Kingdom Animalia - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eukarya
Cell Structure: No cell wall, and no Chloroplasts
Cell Type: Eukaryotic
Cell Number: Multicellular
Mode of Nutrition: Heterotroph


What is taxonomy? - CORRECT ANSWER - The classification of living things based on
characteristics.


The more levels two organisms share, the more closely related they are.


Taxonomy List - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain - Dear
Kingdom - King
Phylum - Phillip
Class - Come