Classification of the Five Kingdoms Overview after Ward’s Taxonomy Activity
Kingdom Monera -Prokaryotic -Unicellular -No sense organs Blue Green Algae Photosynthetic Non-motile Bacteria Absorptive heterotroph motile
Kingdom Protista -eukaryotic -no sense organs
Photosynthetic Protista Example: Rock weed Photosynthetic Unicellular and multicellular Motile and non-motile
Absorptive Protista Example: Slime Mold Absorptive heterotroph Unicellular and Multicellular Motile and Non-motile
Ingestive Protista Example: Paramecium Ingestive heterotroph Unicellular Motile
Kingdom Fungi Example: mushrooms Eukaryotic Multicellular, some Unicellular Absorptive heterotroph Non-motile One exemption is Lichen which lives symbiotically with a photosynthetic blue-green algae
Kingdom Plantae Eukaryotic Photosynthetic Multicellular Non-motile
Kingdom Animalia Eukaryotic Ingestive heterotroph Multicellular Motile