1. Kingdoms and Classification
10 Things To Know
Kingdoms and Classification

2. Thing 1: Levels of Classification
Kingdom—Most inclusive
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species—Least inclusive

3. King
Phillip
Came
Over
For
Good
Spaghetti
Kooky
Pirates
Chewed On
Funky
Green
Squids

4. Thing 2: Binomial Nomenclature
Scientific names have two parts
Genus
species
Tyrannosaurus rex
Homo sapiens
Chesapecten jeffersonius

5. Chesapecten jeffersonius
Tyrannosaurus rex
Homo sapiens

6. Thing 3: Kingdom Monera All are prokaryotes All are single-celled
Eubacteria (bacteria) are the everyday bacteria around us
Archaebacteria include prokaryotes that live in extreme environments (salty, acidic, hot, etc.)

7. Thing 4: Kingdom Plantae
Plants
All are eukaryotic
All are multicellular
Most have chloroplasts for photosynthesis
Autotrophs = producers

8. Thing 5: Three Groups of Plants
Primitive plants don’t make seeds
Moss, ferns
Gymnosperms usually make seeds in cones
Conifers: Pine, hemlock
Angiosperms have flowers and seeds are in fruit

13. Thing 6: Kingdom Animalia
All animals are
Eukaryotic
Heterotrophs = Consumers
Multicellular
Motile (move) at some point in their life cycle

14. Thing 7: Kingdom Fungi All fungi are/have Eukaryotic Cell walls
Heterotrophs = Consumers
Many are decomposers

15. Thing 8: Examples of Fungi
Mushrooms
Mold
Yeast
Puffballs

16. Thing 9: Kingdom Protista
“Junk drawer” of taxonomy
All protists are eukaryotes
Not a prokaryote, plant, animal, or fungus? You must be a protist!

17. Thing 10: Variety among Protists
Producers and consumers
Unicellular and multicellular
Cell walls or not
Microscopic (amoebas, etc.) or huge (giant kelp)
Motile or not