5 KINGDOM
CLASSIFICATION
A Boucher Brochure
• Animals can move
• Animals are multicellular (more than one cell)
• Animals are heterotrophs (can’t do
photosynthesis)
• Animal cells are not green (no chlorophyll)
worms
planaria
coral
Animal
• Plants make their own food (autotrophs)
(photosynthesis)
• Plants are multicellular (more than one cell)
• Plants have cell walls made of cellulose
• Plant cells are green (chlorophyll)
nucleus
Plant
• Fungi are decomposers: eat dead stuff
• Fungi are mostly multicellular (more than one cell)
• Fungi are heterotrophs (can’t do photosynthesis)
• Fungi reproduce asexually
yeast
• Fungi absorb their food
mushrooms
mold
Fungus
KINGDOM PROTISTA
A “Hot Mess” of things that don’t fit anywhere else
1.Mostly unicellular (one cell)
2.Have a nucleus with DNA
3.Live where it is wet
3 Types of protists
1. Animal-like (protozoa)
2. Plant-like (algae)
3. Fungus-like (mold)
Euglena, amoeba and
paramecium
diatoms
Protist
kelp
Slime mold
Water mold
KINGDOM MONERA
Single celled good guys and bad guys
In your Boucher Brochure for Monera: mono means one (one cell)
(unicellular)
All unicellular
Most have no nucleus (prokaryote)
Shapes: Circular (cocci): Stapholococcus,
streptococcus
Rod shaped (bacilli): E. coli,
pneumonia
Spiral shaped: Lyme disease
Monera (Bacteria)
Archea discovered in 1977
with DNA
Ancient organisms
1st on Earth
Extreme Conditions like
hot springs (Yellowstone)
Other good sources of information…
Bacteria: The Good, The Bad, and the Kinda Gross
Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
25 Facts About Bacteria That Will Make You Squirm