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THE 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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can be

Prokaryotes Eukaryotes

MONERA PROTOCTISTA FUNGI PLANT ANIMAL

KINGDOM KINGDOM KINGDOM KINGDOM KINGDOM

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• Composed of organisms with prokaryotic cells.

• They are all unicellular. They sometimes form colonies.
• Some examples:

Rod-shaped (bacillus) bacteria Coccus-shaped bacteria

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• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.

• They can be unicellular, or multicellular with no tissues.
• Some examples:

Amoebae Algae

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• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.

• They can be unicellular, or multicellular with no tissues.
• They are heterotrophic decomposers.
• Some examples:

Moulds Mushrooms

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• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.

• They are multicellular organisms with tissues. Some have organs.
• They are autotrophic organisms.
• Some examples:

Ferns Almond tree

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• Composed of organisms with eukaryotic cells.

• They are multicellular organisms with tissues.
• Most of them have organs and some even have systems.
• They are heterotrophic organisms.
• Some examples:

Jellyfish Squirrel

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Activities
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.

2 Make a table summarising the main characteristics of the five

kingdoms.

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