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Five Kingdoms
Notes on the Five Kingdoms
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Science
5th Grade
10/24/2011

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Term

Plants

PLANTAE

 

Plant Kingdom

Definition

 

Multi Cellular 

Plants make their own food

Have Vascular (With Tubes)

and

Non Vascular (Without Tubes) Plants

Multi Cellular


Examples: Trees, flowers, grass

 

 

 

 

Plants have chlorophyll, a green pigment necessary for photosynthesis

Their cell walls are made sturdy by a material called cellulose 

Term

Protists

 

Protezoa

Definition

The protists are usually single celled organisms with a nucleus

Some make their own food

Others eat other plants and animals.

 

Blue/Green Protists can make their own food

Their nutrition is obtained by photosynthesis, absorption, ingestion, or a combination of all three. 


Example: Amoeba, Alge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term

Monerans

 

 

Definition

Single Cell, but no Nucleus

 

Some can make their own food

Others can not make their own food


Examples: Bacteria

Term

Animals

 

Animals Kingdom

Definition

Multi-Cellular

Do not make their own food

Eat plants, animals, or both

Reproduce with eggs

Can be vertabrates or invertabrates

 

Birds, Fish, Mammals 

 

Term

Fungi

 

 

Definition

Do not make their own food

Multi-cellular

Grow on their food source

 

Absorb their nutrients from other organisms

Examples: Mold, Yeast, Mushrooms

 

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