Kingdoms and Classification 10 Things To Know Kingdoms and Classification

Thing 1: Levels of Classification Kingdom—Most inclusive Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species—Least inclusive

King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti Kooky Pirates Chewed On Funky Green Squids

Thing 2: Binomial Nomenclature Scientific names have two parts Genus species Tyrannosaurus rex Homo sapiens Chesapecten jeffersonius

Chesapecten jeffersonius Tyrannosaurus rex Homo sapiens

Thing 3: Kingdom Monera All are prokaryotes All are single-celled Eubacteria (bacteria) are the everyday bacteria around us Archaebacteria include prokaryotes that live in extreme environments (salty, acidic, hot, etc.)

Thing 4: Kingdom Plantae Plants All are eukaryotic All are multicellular Most have chloroplasts for photosynthesis Autotrophs = producers

Thing 5: Three Groups of Plants Primitive plants don’t make seeds Moss, ferns Gymnosperms usually make seeds in cones Conifers: Pine, hemlock Angiosperms have flowers and seeds are in fruit

Thing 6: Kingdom Animalia All animals are Eukaryotic Heterotrophs = Consumers Multicellular Motile (move) at some point in their life cycle

Thing 7: Kingdom Fungi All fungi are/have Eukaryotic Cell walls Heterotrophs = Consumers Many are decomposers

Thing 8: Examples of Fungi Mushrooms Mold Yeast Puffballs

Thing 9: Kingdom Protista “Junk drawer” of taxonomy All protists are eukaryotes Not a prokaryote, plant, animal, or fungus? You must be a protist!

Thing 10: Variety among Protists Producers and consumers Unicellular and multicellular Cell walls or not Microscopic (amoebas, etc.) or huge (giant kelp) Motile or not