Kingdom        Example                Body structure           Method of nutrition                   Method of reproduction
1) Monera            1) Bacteria                        1) Simple single-celled          1) Chemicals or sunlight or parasites          1) simple cell division
                                  Cyano-bacteria                  prokaroytes

2) Protista            2) Amoebas                        2) Simple single celled          2) Make own food or feed on other              2) Mostly asexual reproduction
                                 Diatoms                              eukaryotes, sometimes         organisms
                                                                            joined together

3) Fungi             3) Mushrooms, yeast             3) Multicellular eukaryotes    3) Feed mostly on dead organisms.             3) reproduce sexually and asexually .
                               Mold                                      with cell walls containing       and dead decaying matter,                          by means of spores.
                                                                              chitin                                    some are parasites.

4) Plantae           4) Trees, ferns, grass           4) Complex multicellular       4) Contains chlorophyll                                 4) Reproduce asexually by spores
                                                                            eukaryotes with cell              make own food by                                        and sexually by male and female
                                                                         . walls of cellulose                    Photosynthesis                                               gametes

5) Animalia       5) Fish, snakes, birds              5) Complex multicellular       5) Eat other organisms                                  5) Asexual reproduction in some groups
                             and humans                             eukaryotes without                                                                                     sexual reproduction in others by male
                                                                              cell walls                                                                                                     and female gametes.

	Created by mossrobyn over 10 years ago

Life science (Topic 12: Biodiversity and Classification) Note on 7. The five kingdoms of living organisms, created by mossrobyn on 10/15/2013.

7. The five kingdoms of living organisms