Description: Spark student interest using ‘gross’ pictures and a variety of life and different roles and characteristics of kingdoms of life. Goals: Describe the Concept of the Trophic Levels

Objectives: Day 1 List the 6 Kingdoms.List the 6 Kingdoms. Describe each kingdom.Describe each kingdom. Explain what an Energy Pyramid represents.Explain what an Energy Pyramid represents.

Warm-Up Q = 1.What are the different types of organisms in the world? (general not specific)? 2.Can microbes be both beneficial and dangerous? A = 1.Bacteria (Eu- & Archea-), Protist, Fungi, Plants, Animals 2.Yes… but the dangerous one get all the attention. Lets see why - Are you ready?

Are you ready?  Mucormycosis fungus in the eye This fungus lives in the soil and in rotting vegetation!

Blastomycosis  Fungal infection  Eats away the tissue of the victim!

Blastomycosis  Caused by this Fungus (a type of yeast)

Advanced Flesh Eating Bacteria  Necrotizing fasciitis (aka flesh eating bacteria)

6 Kingdoms  Eubacteria (“True-bacteria”)  Archaebacteria (“Ancient-bacteria”)  Fungi  Plants  Animals  Protists Which of these kingdoms are microbes?

Eubacteria  Simple-single cell Organisms  Help to maintain cycles of matter in the environment.  Most bacteria are in this Kingdom  In the soil, on plants and animals (inside and out), in the air, EVERYWHERE!  Many are helpful to people:  E. coli (live in our intestines)  B. regularis (used in making yogurt)  Some are Harmful to people:  Streptococci (causes “strep throat”)

Archaebacteria  Live in extreme places  Hot springs (boiling water!)  Low / No oxygen areas  High Acidity  Simple Single celled organism

Fungi  Multicelled complex organism  Examples:  Mold  Mildew  Mushrooms  Break down dead organisms  Often look like plants  Unlike plants they CANNOT make their own food (no photosynthesis)  Obtain food from breaking down (decaying) Soil, plants, animals. (decomposer)

Plants  Multicelled organisms that produce their own food (producers)  Over 250,00 thousand species ranging from:  Flowering Plants  Tiny Mosses  Giant Trees  Life could not exist without plants!  Provide Oxygen  Provide Food (transfers energy from sun to herbivores)

Animals  Largest Kingdom  over 1 million known species!  Multi-celled organisms found in very diverse (different) locations  Keep populations in check and allow for complex organisms.  Depend on plants and other animals for survival (can’t make their own food)  Primary consumer (herbivores)  Secondary & Top consumers (carnivores, omnivores)  Scavengers

Protists  “Odds and Ends” Kingdom  Organisms can be VERY different from each other.  Single cell and multi-celled organism  Protozoan (single celled)  Algae (multi-celled and single-celled)  Most are single celled organism  Not in the bacteria kingdoms because they are complex cells!

Basic Energy Pyramid Primary Producers Primary Consumers Secondary Consumers Carnivores Herbivores Autotrophs

6 Kingdoms of Living Organisms Complete the Six Kingdoms Chart.

Objectives: Day 1 List the 6 Kingdoms.List the 6 Kingdoms. Describe each kingdom.Describe each kingdom. Explain what an Energy Pyramid represents.Explain what an Energy Pyramid represents.

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