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The five kingdoms
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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The five kingdoms
Living things
can be
Eukaryotes
Prokaryotes
MONERA
KINGDOM
PROTOCTISTA
KINGDOM
FUNGI
KINGDOM
PLANT
KINGDOM
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ANIMAL
KINGDOM
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MONERA KINGDOM
• Composed of organisms with prokaryotic cells.
• They are all unicellular. They sometimes form colonies.
• Some examples:
Rod-shaped (bacillus) bacteria
Coccus-shaped bacteria
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PROTOCTISTA KINGDOM
• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.
• They can be unicellular, or multicellular with no tissues.
• Some examples:
Algae
Amoebae
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FUNGI KINGDOM
• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.
• They can be unicellular, or multicellular with no tissues.
• They are heterotrophic decomposers.
• Some examples:
Moulds
Mushrooms
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PLANT KINGDOM
• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.
• They are multicellular organisms with tissues. Some have organs.
• They are autotrophic organisms.
• Some examples:
Ferns
Almond tree
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ANIMAL KINGDOM
• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.
• They are multicellular organisms with tissues.
• Most of them have organs and some even have systems.
• They are heterotrophic organisms.
• Some examples:
Jellyfish
Squirrel
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The five kingdoms
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Activities
Apply what you’ve learned
1 Give an example, besides those seen in the presentation, of an organism
that belongs to the Protoctista Kingdom and another that belongs to the Plant
Kingdom.
2 Make a table summarising the main characteristics of the five
kingdoms.
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