DOMAINS

DOMAINS

Archaea Eukarya

Bacteria

Animalia

Heterotrophs
Archabacteria

Eubacteria Fungi

The 6 Kingdoms
Autotroph

Plantae

Prokaryotic
Cells
Both

Protista

Eukaryotic
Cells
 Classification & Taxonomy of Kingdoms
 Taxonomy is the science used to classify and name living things.
 Living things are categorized based on their characteristics.
 Organisms are classified into one of three domains:
o Archaea: means ancient; kingdom Archaeabacteria

o Bacteria: means true bacteria; kingdom Eubacteria

o Eukarya: means true nucleus; kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Protista,

and Fungi.
 Basic characteristics are used to classify organisms into kingdoms.
Characteristics include:
o Prokaryotic (no nucleus) or eukaryotic (nucleus)
o Unicellular or multicellular
o Autotrophic or heterotrophic
 Autotrophic: organisms make their own food
 Heterotrophic: organisms must get their food from other
organisms
o Modes of reproduction
 Asexual reproduction requires one parent to produce an identical
offspring
 Sexual reproduction requires two parents to produce unique
offspring
 Kingdom Characteristics
Prokaryotic
Unicellular
Archaebacteria Heterotrophic
Asexual reproduction
Prokaryotic
Unicellular
Eubacteria Autotropic or heterotrophic
Asexual reproduction
Eukaryotic
Most often unicellular
Protista Autotrophic or heterotrophic
Asexual or sexual reproduction
Eukaryotic
Most often multicellular
Fungi Heterotrophic
Asexual or sexual reproduction
Eukaryotic
Multicellular
Plantae Most often autotrophic
Asexual (no flowers) or sexual (has
flowers) reproduction
Eukaryotic
Multicellular
Animalia Heterotrophic
Most often reproduce sexually