The Six Kingdom System

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Biologists have accumulated a vast amount of information on Earths estimated
1.5 million species of organisms. Based on this information, taxonomists have developed
various classification systems that group organisms according to their similarities. Many
textoo!s use the five !ingdom system. "he six !ingdom system of classification is
used in our textoo!. #hec! pages $%&'$5( in the oo! or the glossary for the
information. )ur text, along *ith many other sources, divides the +ingdom Monera into
t*o !ingdoms: ,rchaeacteria and Euacteria. "hese !ingdoms include the acteria that
are found in +ingdom Monera
Kingdom Archaebacteria Eubacteria Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
Example
Number of
cells
Presence of
membrane-
bound
nucleus
Form of
nutrition
-ill in the tale elo* y selecting terms from the follo*ing list .may e oth/:
multicellular, unicellular, autotrophic, heterotrophic, proaryotic, euaryotic
1. 0f you *ere as!ed to classify an organism that is multicullular and autotrophic, in
*hich t*o !ingdoms might you place it1 22
3. 0f your 4mystery organism5 is unicellular and pro!aryotic, into *hich t*o !ingdoms
might you place it1
22
$a. 0f the 4mystery organism5 is multicellular, eu!aryotic, and heterotrophic, it could
elong to *hich t*o !ingdoms1
22
$. 6hat characteristics *ould help you determine in *hich !ingdom it elonged1
22
-ocus on Monerans and 7rotists
Kingdoms Archaebacteria and Eubacteria !formerly "onera#
1. 6hat !ind of organisms are classified in former !ingdom Monera1
3. 8ist three *ays monerans can get their food energy.
a. . c.
$. 6hat environment *ould e least li!ely to gro* monerans and *hy1 9ere are your choices:
1. "he armpit of a human
3. , *arm fresh*ater mud puddle
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%. 8ist t*o reasons *hy monerans are considered to e the simplest of all life forms.
1.
3.
5. 6hat single characteristic separates +ingdom Monera from all the other !ingdoms1
Kingdom Protista
1. 6hat characteristic do most protistans share *ith monerans1
3. 6hat are the three main divisions of the +ingdom 7rotista1
a. . c.
$. :escrie one species of multicellular, plant'li!e protists that live in the oceans
%. 6hy is the +ingdom 7rotista !ind of li!e a ;<un! dra*er; compared to all the other !ingdoms1
$omplete this chart for the three remaining ingdoms
,nimal and -ungi +ingdoms share these
three characteristics
7lant and -ungi +ingdoms share these
t*o characteristics
7lant, -ungi, and ,nimal +ingdoms all
share this characteristic
1.
3.
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1.
3.
1.
%efine these &ords and list the ingdom or ingdoms they apply to'
(ord %efinition Associated Kingdom!s#
photosynthetic 22 22
saprophytic 22 22
Mycelium 22 22
:iatom 22 22
:inoflagellate 22 22
7ro!aryotic 22 22
Eu!aryotic 22 22
7arasitic 22 22