Tree of Life Notes

Write two (2) sentences about the tree of life?

Why did we do this project?

What does it represent?

Tree of Life Notes • The concept of a tree of life, a many-branched tree illustrating the idea that all life on earth is related, has been used in science, religion, philosophy, mythology, and other areas.

Tree of Life Notes

Every single organism (alive or extinct) has an

ancestral path back to the ancestral replicator.

WHERE DID WE COME FROM?

Tree of Life Notes

Every single organism (alive or extinct) has an

ancestral path back to the ancestral replicator.

WHERE DID WE COME FROM?

Tree of Life Notes The Six Kingdoms of Life:

1. Eubacteria

2. Archaebacteria

3. Protista

4. Fungi

5. Plantae

6. Animalia

Tree of Life Notes Eubacteria

“True Bacteria” – single-celled

organisms without a nucleus.

What is a nucleus?

Tree of Life Notes Archaebacteria

Extremeophiles – single celled, live in

very extreme environments.

Tree of Life Notes Protista

Single-celled (most), eukaryotic

organisms. They have a nucleus.

Tree of Life Notes Fungi

Multi-cellular organisms that feed on

dead, decaying organisms

Tree of Life Notes Plantae

Multi-cellular organisms that produce

their own food via photosynthesis.

Tree of Life Notes Animalia

Multi-cellular organisms that obtain

energy from consuming other organisms.

Tree of Life Notes Every branch of life seems so different, so

how can they be connected?

ONE PAGE PAPER –

WHAT IS THE TREE OF LIFE?

WHAT ARE THE BRANCHES ON THE

TREE OF LIFE?

WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT FOR

LIVING THINGS?