1. Comparing and contrasting the Six kingdoms
By: Maynard Jackson Science Department

2. Archaeabacteria Eubacteria Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
The Six Kingdoms
Archaeabacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia

3. Archaebacteria Prokaryotic Unicellular (one cell)
Cell wall not made from peptidoglycan
Can live in the most extreme conditions (example: the Dead Sea, volcanoes, or hot sulfur springs **************
Can be either autotroph or heterotroph
Asexual reproduction (binary fission or budding

4. Eubacteria Prokaryotic Unicellular (one cell)
Cell wall made from peptidoglycan
Live in normal conditions (bathroom, kitchen, outside on a tree …..)
Can be either autotroph or heterotroph
Asexual reproduction (binary fission or budding

5. Unicellular (one cell) or multicellular (many cells)
Protista
Eukaryotic
Unicellular (one cell) or multicellular (many cells)
Cell wall made from cellulose in some
Can be either autotroph (algae) or heterotroph (amoebas )

6. Fungi Eukaryotic Unicellular (one cell) or multicellular (many cells)
Cell wall made from chitin
All are heterotrophic
Not mobile (cannot move)
Absorb nutrients instead of digesting them
Many are decomposers (eat dead organisms
Example: mushroom

7. Plantae Eukaryotic Multicellular (many cells)
Cell wall made from cellulose
All are autotrophs
Contain organs (roots, stem, leaves, flowers)
Example: Rose bush, Moss, Oak tree ….

8. Animalia Eukaryotic Multicellular (many cells) No cell walls ********
All are heterotrophs
All contain tissues, which in turn leads to organs ( example: skin)
Example: spider, monkey, dog, cat

9. Viruses Nonliving ( they are not alive *****)
They are typically just a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA protect by a protein coat
They are NOT made of cells or tissues
They need a host to keep reproducing more strands of itself
They do not belong in the classification system of life because they are nonliving
If a virus starts as RNA, then it is called a retrovirus
Virus infections, such as the flu, are hard to cure do to the fact that they mutate extraordinarily fast.