1. Classifying Organisms
The 5 Kingdoms
Classifying Organisms
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2. What is a kingdom? Kingdoms put living things into groups.
From tiny bacteria to the large elephant.
There are five kingdoms used by scientists

3. What are the 5 Kingdoms?

4. 1. Animal Animals are multicellular and get nutrients by eating
Animals cannot make energy themselves
Animals are the largest kingdom

5. 2. Plant Unlike animals, most plants cannot move.
They make their own food through photosynthesis.
Also they are multicellular.
Plants include trees, grass, flowers, and algae.

6. 3. Protist Protists are single-celled organisms with a nucleus.
Some protists eat to get energy and some use photosynthesis
Examples are amoeba and kelp.

7. Learn more about Protist…

8. 4. Fungi Fungi are multicellular.
Like plants, fungi have cell walls, but they have to absorb nutrients to get energy.
4. Fungi

9. Fungi Kingdom
Click on image to read about Fungi and then discuss these questions.
How many cells does the fungi kingdom have?
Discuss how fungi and plants differ.
Describe how fungi absorb more nutrients.

10. 5. Monera Monera are single-celled organisms with no nucleus.
Bacteria are a type of monera.

11. Match the Kingdom to the image

12. Explore and learn more about Kingdoms…
Discuss classification of kingdoms of living organisms.
Who created the classification of living things?
List the six kingdoms of a living organism
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Explore and learn more about Kingdoms…

13. 5 Kingdoms Activity

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