The Six Kingdoms of Life By: Mr. Lowe

Important New Vocabulary Sessile = Not able to move about (stationary). Vagile = Able to move about. Heterotrophic = Organism that cannot make its own food. (example- humans) Autotrophic = Organism that can make its own food. (example – plants = photosynthesis)

Six Kingdoms Kingdom Archaebacteria – Simplest Kingdom Eubacteria – Simplest Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Animalia – most complex

Archaebacteria (ancient) Number of Cells = Unicellular (one cell) Nucleus = No true nucleus Type of Cell = Prokaryotic Movement = Sessile and Vagile How They Move = Flagellum Food Making = Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Examples = Methanogens (produce methane), Halophiles (salt-loving), Thermophiles (high temperatures), Psychrophiles (low temperatures)

Eubacteria Number of Cells = Unicellular (one cell) Nucleus = No true nucleus Type of Cell = Prokaryotic Movement = Sessile and Vagile How They Move = Flagellum Food Making = Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Examples = Bacteria, Cyanobacteria(blue-green algae), Actinobacteria

Protista Number of Cells = Unicellular (one cell) Nucleus = True nucleus Type of Cell = Eukaryotic Movement = Sessile and Vagile How They Move = Flagellum, Cilia, Pseudopodia (false foot) Food Making = Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Examples = Ameoba, Diatoms, Paramecium

Fungi Number of Cells = Multicellular Nucleus = Has a true nucleus Type of Cell = Eukaryotic Movement = Sessile How They Move = N/A Food Making = Heterotrophic (some parasites) Examples = Yeast, Molds, and Mushrooms

Plantae Number of Cells = Multicellular Nucleus = Has a true nucleus Type of Cell = Eukaryotic Movement = Sessile How They Move = N/A Food Making = Autotrophic (photosynthesis) Examples = mosses, ferns, flowering plants (dandelions, roses, etc.), trees

Animalia Number of Cells = Multicellular Nucleus = Has a true nucleus Type of Cell = Eukaryotic Movement = Sessile and Vagile How They Move = legs, wings, fins, flippers, hands. slither Food Making = Heterotrophic Examples = Worms, Insects, Arachnids, Mammals, Jellyfish, Coral, Sponges, Reptiles, Birds, Fish