Transcript Eukaryote

Traveling Through Six
Kingdoms
An Introduction to the
Six Kingdoms of Life
Martin 2011
Characteristics of Life
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All living things have CELLS:
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All living things sense and respond
to change
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All Living things reproduce
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All living things have DNA
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All living things use energy
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All living things grow and develop
Two Types of Cells
Prokaryote
 Simple cells
 DNA not in
nucleus
Eukaryote
 Complex cells
 DNA in nucleus
Prokaryotes: Two Kingdoms
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Kingdom Archeabacteria
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May be the oldest form of
life: 3.5 - 4 billion years ago
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Most live in extreme places
similar to our young Earth:
deep sea vents, boiling mud
around volcanoes, very
salty water (Dead Sea),
acidic water
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Extremophiles
Specs:
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Unicellular: One cell
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Prokaryote:
DNA is not in a nucleus
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Most are Heterotrophs
(consumers); a few are
Autotrophs (producers)
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Asexual reproduction
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Kingdom: Eubacteria
 Live
all around us, in us,
and on us
 Most are very useful:
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Break down waste
Make cheese and yogurt
Make Vitamin K
Make Oxygen
few cause disease
Specs
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Unicellular : one cell
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Prokaryote: DNA is not in a nucleus
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Most are Heterotrophs(consumers);
a few are Autotrophs (producers)
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Live under “normal” conditions
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Chemical composition is very
different form Archeabacteria:
Different type of DNA
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Asexual reproduction
Let’s Look at a Few Shapes
Cocci
(round)
Bacilli
(rod)
Spirilla
(spiral)
Eukaryotes :
Four Kingdoms
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Kingdom: Protista
The “Leftover”
Kingdom
 Plant-like
 Animal-like
 Fungus-like
Specs
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**Unicellular OR Multicellular
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Eukaryote: DNA is in a
nucleus
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**Heterotrophs and Autotrophs
(Consumers
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and
producers)
**Asexual AND sexual
reproduction
**most common
Kingdom Fungi
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Mushrooms, molds
and mildews
 Most are useful
(food, decomposers)
 A few cause disease:
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Athlete’s foot
Ringworm
Serious plant diseases
Specs
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Most are Multicellular
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Eukaryotes:
DNA is in a nucleus
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ALL are Heterotrophs (consumers)
 Decomposers (dead material)
 Parasites (living material)
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Asexual AND **sexual
reproduction
Kingdom Plantae
From tiny Mosses
to
giant Redwood
trees, all plants
use
Photosynthesis
to obtain energy
Specs
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ALL are Multicellular
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Eukaryotes:
DNA is in a nucleus
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ALL are Autotrophs
(producers)
Contain Chlorophyll (green
pigment) for Photosynthesis
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**Sexual and asexual
reproduction
Kingdom Animalia
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Most animals can MOVE to find food
(at least during part of their life cycle)
 All animals must EAT
 Carnivore (Animals/ meat)
 Herbivore (Plants)
 Omnivore (Both plant and animal)
 Detritivore (Dead material)
 Parasites (Living material)
Specs
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ALL are Multicellular
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Eukaryotes:
DNA is in a nucleus
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ALL are Heterotrophs
(consumers)
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Most Move
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**Sexual and asexual
reproduction
The Animal Kingdom at a Glance
Thank you for visiting the
Six Kingdoms of Life