7. The five kingdoms of living organisms

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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.

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