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Monera

Kingdom Monera (bacteria/monerans)- prokaryotic; unicellular organisms

Ex. staphylococcus, bacillus, spirilla

Kingdom Protista (protists) - divided into two major divisions

Protozoans- animal-like protists; unicellular eukaryotic organisms (ex. amoeba, euglena, paramecium, trichomonas)

Algae- plant-like protists; multicellular eukaryotic organisms; some are photosynthetic; mostly are aquatic (ex. green algae, red algae)

PROTOZOA (ANIMAL-LIKE PROTISTS)

ALGAE (PLANT-LIKE PROTISTS)

Kingdom Fungi- they were once considered plants but scientists discovered that they cannot produce their own food; non-photosynthetic; multicellular eukaryotic organisms

Example: molds, yeast, mushrooms; disease-causing fungi like athlete’s foot and ringworm

FUNGI

Kingdom Plantae (plants) - generally called producers because they can make their own food through the process called photosynthesis; multicellular eukaryotic organisms

Example: non-flowering plants such as mosses and ferns

flowering plants which could be fruit-bearing or cone-bearing

PLANTS

Kingdom Animalia (animals)- multicellular eukaryotic organisms

Invertebrates- animals that do not have backbones (ex. insects, arachnids, corals, sponges, worms, mollusks, crustaceans)

Vertebrates- animals that have backbones (ex. fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals)