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The Kingdoms of Life

MAIN IDEA: Organisms can be classified into one of five kingdoms


by what their cells look like: Monera, Protoctists, Fungi, Plants and
Animals.

KINGDOM

Monera Protoctists Fungi Plants Animals


Nucleus Absent Present Present Present Present

Present (made Different types Present Present


Cell wall of in different (made of (made of Absent
glycoprotein) species chitin) cellulose)

Chloroplast Found in some Found in some


Absent Present Absent
s species species

Single-cell
Nº of cells Single-cell Single-cell and Pluricellular Pluricellular
Pluricellular

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct word:

Organisms can be classified into one of five


________________
Bacteria belong to ______________ kingdom. They do
not contain a _____________, so they are
_______________ cells. Protoctists are ________________
organism, but they have got ____________, so they
are __________________ cells. Cells of fungi have
___________ and ____________, but not chloroplast.
Plants have _____________ in their cells and use
them to make their own food. Animals have not
____________ and ___________, and they are
________________ organisms.
2. Find the following words in this “word search”:

BACTERIA, PROTOCTISTS, FUNGI, PLANTS, ANIMALS, KINGDOM, CHLOROPLAST,


ORGANISM, SINGLE-CELL, PLURICELLULAR, EUKARYOTIC, PROKARYOTIC

R C H A C I X T E S W G O T G

D I P J J F E S Q E Z A H P H

G T F O D W M S I N A G R O P

M O D G N I K E L B S T Y U L

X Y B E N P Ñ O P I N E H G U

S R V T M R G N D G M T G M R

B A C H L O R O P L A S T N I

E K D C I T O Y R A K U E E C

T O T P G O A N I M A L S A E

G R T B A C T E R I A C V D L

M P L A N T S T R A S U D D L

G A S T R I G N U F B Ñ H C U

S S Ñ O C S I N G L E C E L L

I Y W F A T O D K F J F Ñ E A

V R K Ñ V S E B E F K I H S R

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