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