Living things II. The five kingdoms.

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The kingdom is the broadest category used in the system to classify living things.

Today, living things are classified into five kingdoms: monera, protoctista, fungi, plants and animals.

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Living things

MONERAKINGDOM

EukaryotesProkaryotes

PROTOCTISTAKINGDOM

FUNGIKINGDOM

PLANTKINGDOM

ANIMALKINGDOM

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• They are all unicellular. They sometimes form colonies.

MONERA KINGDOM

• Composed of organisms with prokaryotic cells.

• Some examples:

Rod-shaped (bacillus) bacteria Coccus-shaped bacteria

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• They can be unicellular, or multicellular with no tissues.

PROTOCTISTA KINGDOM

• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.

• Some examples:

Amoebae Algae

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FUNGI KINGDOM

• They are heterotrophic decomposers.

Mushrooms

• They can be unicellular, or multicellular with no tissues.

• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.

Moulds

• Some examples:

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PLANT KINGDOM

Almond tree

• They are autotrophic organisms.

• They are multicellular organisms with tissues. Some have organs.

• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.

Ferns

• Some examples:

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ANIMAL KINGDOM

Squirrel

• They are heterotrophic organisms.

• They are multicellular organisms with tissues. • Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.

Jellyfish

• Some examples:

• Most of them have organs and some even have systems.

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