Kingdom Monera

Question 1

What are the five kingdoms in biological classification?

Answer 1

Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia

Question 2

What organisms are included in the Kingdom Monera?

Answer 2

Cyanobacteria, mycoplasma, archaebacteria, and eubacteria

Question 3

What is the defining feature of organisms in the Kingdom Monera?

Answer 3

They are prokaryotic and lack a true nucleus.

Question 4

What are the general characteristics of Monera?

Answer 4

1. Simplest prokaryotic cell structures.
2. Mostly unicellular, except for multicellular cyanobacteria.
3. Lack organelles like mitochondria.
4. Cells made up of polysaccharides and amino acids.
5. Have a coiled strand of DNA called nucleoid.
6. Nutrition can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.

Question 5

What are the shapes of bacteria?

Answer 5

Spherical (coccus), rod-shaped (bacillus), spiral-shaped (spirillum), and comma-shaped (vibrio).

Question 6

What is the size range of bacteria?

Answer 6

From about 0.1 µm to 10 µm.

Question 7

What types of nutrition do most bacteria have?

Answer 7

Most are saprophytic or parasitic.

Question 8

What is the Kingdom Fungi characterized by?

Answer 8

Non-motile, multicellular organisms composed of thread-like structures called hyphae.

Question 9

What is the Kingdom Plantae characterized by?

Answer 9

Non-motile, multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that perform photosynthesis.

Question 10

What is the Kingdom Animalia characterized by?

Answer 10

Motile, multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that depend on other sources for nutrition.