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THE FIVE KINGDOMS
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1The 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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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.
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2 Make a table summarising the main characteristics of the five kingdoms.
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