Six Kingdoms of Life Summary for Ecology

Taxonomy Who came up with Taxonomy? Linneaus What are the levels of classification?

Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Six Kingdoms Archaebacteria Eubacteria Protists Fungi Plants Animals

Archaebacteria Oldest form of life Singe cell organism (unicellular) Found in extreme environments Geysers Hotsprings Volcanic ocean vents

Eubacteria Second oldest form of life Single cell organism (unicellular) Most familiar bacteria Streptococcus Lactobacillus Staphylococcus

Protists “Odds and Ends” kingdom All microscopic organisms that are not plants, not animal, not bacteria, and not fungi. Single cell organism (unicellular) Protozoa, Amoeba

Fungi Most are multi-cellular organism Mold, mildew, mushrooms Some are very important to ecosystems or as food. Some cause diseases – ringworm, and athlete’s foot

Plants Second largest kingdom Multi-cellular organisms Producers (make their own food) Without plants life as we know it would not exist.

Animals Largest kingdom Multi-cellular Consumers – must eat for energy Over 1 million known species

Scientific Names Binomial Nomenclature Genus species Ex. Homo sapien

Diversity of Life Taxonomy Summary Video

Classwork Make a List of the organisms in your bag (use common name) Skip 4 lines each For each organism in your bag, Identify which Domain and Kingdom the organism belongs to. THEN, write the scientific name