Six Kingdoms

A Brief Summary

6 Kingdoms• All living things are grouped into 1 of 6

kingdoms based on their physical traits

• Animal• Plant• Fungi• Protist• Bacteria• Archaea

Animal Kingdom• Major Traits• Multicellular• Heterotrophic - eat• Have nucleus• Most reproduce sexually• Vertebrates- have

backbone• Invertebrates- no backbone• Warm blooded -constant

temp.

• Cold blooded - temp. changes with surroundings

• Major Groups• Mammals• Birds• Fish• Reptiles• Amphibians• Invertebrates - worms,

coral, snails, bees, spiders, jellyfish, star fish

Animal Kingdom Video

Metamorphosis

• Major change in life cycle

• Examples: 1) Tadpoles to frogs– Gills/tail to lungs/legs

2) Caterpillar to butterfly- fur/crawl to wings/fly

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Mammals• Have fur, mammary

glands to feed young• 3 Groups of Mammals1) Placental - give birth to

live young (dogs, humans)

2) Marsupials - pouched mammals (kangaroo)

3) Monotremes- egg-laying mammals (duck-billed platypus spiny ant-eater)

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Plant Kingdom

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Major Characteristics of Plants• Autotrophic- make food and

oxygen by photosynthesis• Most plants have roots, stems,

leaves• Roots- anchor plant, store food,

absorb water and nutrients• Leaves- major site for

photosynthesis• Stems- move water up to

leaves and food down to roots

(vascular tissue)

• Vascular Tissue– Xylem transports water– Phloem transports

food/nutrients

• Most plants reproduce sexually – Pollen - male– Ovules - femaleBrightly colored and sweet

smelling flowers attract pollinators, such as birds and bees.

Fungi Kingdom• Major Traits• Most are multicellular• Have “many nuclei”• Hetertrophic - absorb

nutrients from dead and decaying organisms

• Reproduce by spores• Made of hyphae- thin

thread like strands of cells

• 3 Groups of Fungi

1) Mushrooms- yummy - can be poisonous

2) Molds- used to make penicillin

3) Yeast- unicellular, used in baking, reproduce by budding

Fungi Video

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Protist Kingdom• Major Characteristics

• Unicellular, have a nucleus

• Live in watery environments

• Some are autotrophic (make food)

• Some are heterotrophic (ingest food)

• Move using flagella, cilia, pseudopods

• Examples: amoeba, paramecium, euglena, dinoflagellates

Protist Video

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Bacteria and Archaea

• Bacteria– Unicellular– No nucleus– Reproduce asexually– Some are heterotrophic– Some are autotrophic– Different shapes

• Cocci, streptococci, bacillis

• Archaea– Unicellular– No nucleus– Reproduce asexually– Live in extreme

environments such as hot springs, and salt lakes

Bacteria

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