1. The Five Kingdoms

2. What am I expected to know?
Identify the five kingdoms commonly used for the classification of living things, and provide examples of organisms from each to illustrate the diversity of living things.

3. Kingdom Monera Common Characteristics Have one cell
Smallest & simplest life forms on Earth
Oldest living species (more than 3.5 billion years old)
No nucleus
Commonly known as bacteria
species

4. Monera Examples
Salmonella
E. Coli

5. Kingdom Protista (Protoctista)
Common Characteristics
Most have one cell
More complex than Monera
Have a nucleus
Found in water and other wet environments
Some plant-like (algae)
Some animal-like (protozoa)
species

6. Protist Examples
Giant Kelp
Plankton

7. Kingdom Fungi Common Characteristics Have one or many cells
Absorb food from dead or living things (parasitic and decomposers)
Can not move
species

8. Fungi Examples
Mushrooms
Yeast
Penicillin
Mold

9. Kingdom Plantae Common Characteristics
Largest and longest living things on Earth
Continue growing for their entire lives
Make their own food from the sun (photosynthesis)
Create oxygen
Can not move
species

10. Plant Examples
Flowers
Grass
Trees
Moss

11. Kingdom Animalia Common Characteristics Have many cells
Have a nervous system and sense organs
Most can move
Eat plants or other animals
As adults, they stop growing and have a well-defined shape and size
species

12. Animal Examples
Bald Eagle
Hammer-head shark
Beetle
Giraffe

13. Which picture is of a Protist?
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14. Which picture is of an Animal?
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15. Which picture is of a Fungus?
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16. Which picture is of a Monera?
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17. Which picture is of a Plant?
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