Classifying Life
Living or Non-Living? Remember the Living Processes Notes? #TBT
Eukaryotes vs. Prokaryotes Eukaryotes = organisms with a nucleus Prokaryotes = organisms with no true nucleus
Prokaryotes (Kingdom Monera) Eubacteria Unicellular No nucleus Cell Wall Some can make their own food (autotrophs), some can’t (heterotrophs) Archaebacteria Bacteria that live in extreme conditions – extremophiles Yellowstone geysers, Antarctica, the Great Salt Lake
Eukaryotes: Kingdom Plantae Autotrophic: can make their own food (photosynthesis) Chloroplasts Multicellular Cell Wall – made of Cellulose
Eukaryotes: Kingdom Animalia Can’t make their own food (heterotrophs) – no chloroplasts Multicellular Have a cell membrane but no cell wall
Eukaryotes: Kingdom Fungi Multicellular Have a Cell Wall – made of Chitin Can’t make their own food, they eat by breaking down dead things (saprotroph)
Eukaryotes: Kingdom Protista “Leftovers” Mostly unicellular, but some are multicellular Some have cell walls, some don’t Some have chloroplasts (autotroph), some don’t (heterotroph)