THE FIVE BIOLOGICAL

KINGDOMS
Biology and Geology
IES El Escorial
March 19, 2019
 THE FIVE
KINGDOMS OF LIFE

• Under the classification of life would be the first

group which encompasses all living organisms.
• It would be the Kingdom, which includes organisms
that are very much different from each other.
• The common housefly (Musca domestica) and the
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) are two
organisms belonging to the same kingdom.
• There are certain criteria used to classify species in a
particular kingdom.
CRITERIA FOR
KINGDOM
CLASSIFICATION
• Today, there are five distinct
kingdoms defined by scientists.
• The criteria that are used to place
a particular organism in one of
them are:
• The type of cell composition:
eukaryote (with a true
nucleus) or a prokaryote.
• The number of cells it has:
unicellulular or multicellular
• The type of nutrition it has:
heterotrophic or autotrophic.
THE KINGDOM
ANIMALIA
• The Animal kingdom comprises of all animal
species found in the planet.
• It is the largest among all biological
kingdoms.
• They are classified as eukaryotic organisms,
with a multicellular structure and a
heterotrophic nutrition.
• The kingdom is also known as Metazoa.
• This kingdom does not include prokaryotic
organisms.
THE KINGDOM
PLANTAE
• The Plant Kingdom includes all plant organisms
with an amazing range of diverse forms.
• Similar to the Animal Kingdom, it is also classified
as eukaryotic organisms with a multicellular
structure. However, most of the species of this
kingdom are autotrophs.
• They contain photosynthetic pigment in their
plastids, which makes photosynthesis their
primary mode of nutrition.
 • The Kingdom Protista or Protoctista is a diverse assemblage of

THE KINGDOM organisms that can be described as "those eukaryotic

organisms which are neither true plants, animals, nor fungi.”

PROTOCTISTA • Their characteristics include eukaryotic nature, either

unicellular or simple multicellular, and both autotrophs and
heterotrophs.
 THE KINGDOM
MONERA

• Monera is a kingdom that includes all single-celled

organisms with no true nuclear membrane.
• The living things classified under this kingdom are
among one of the most primitive forms of life to exist.
• They are classified as the only kingdom classified as
prokaryotic, having a unicellular structure, and are
both heterotrophs and autotrophs.
THE
KINGDOM
FUNGI
• The Kingdom Fungi is a classification
separate from the other eukaryotic life
kingdoms of plants and animals.
• They are classified as eukaryotic
organisms having either a unicellular or
multicellular structure, but are
considered as heterotrophs.
• Fungi are neither plant nor animal.
Although they depend on heterotrophic
nutrition like animals, their cells are
similar to those of plants.
• Fungi can be classified into decomposers,
parasites, and symbiotic fungi.