Six-Kingdom Classification
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Six-Kingdom
Classification
Classification
Aristotle
first classified organisms as either
plants or animals…. This was good until…
There are forms of life that do not fit into
those categories!!!
Currently, we use the six-Kingdom
classification system..
*** use to be 5, but we separated
Eubacteria and Archaebacteria…Why?
The Six Kingdoms
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Archaebacteria
Unicellular
prokaryotes.
Do not have a nucleus
Live in Harsh environments.
Reproduce Binary Fission
Eubacteria
Unicellular
Prokaryotes
Do not have a nucleus
The bacteria around us
Can be good and bad…how???
Reproduce Binary Fission
Protista
Most
are unicellular eukaryotic
Can be heterotrophic or autotrophic
This is the place to put all Eukaryotes that
are not plants, animals, or fungi.
Not necessarily related, but unsure where
to place them
Fungi
Multicellular
Eukaryotic
Heterotrophic…decomposers
Over 100,000 species of fungi
including fungi, mushrooms,
mildews, molds.
Plantae
Multicellular
eukaryotic
Autotrophic (can make their
own food…Photosythesis)
Examples include mosses,
ferns, conifers, and flowering
plants.
Animalia
Multicellular Eukaryotic
Heterotrophic
Most animals have
symmetric body
organization and move
about in their environment
Examples: Birds, insects,
worms, mammals, reptiles,
and humans