1. Protists Small in Size, Enormous in Diversity

2. Taxonomy Review  What are the different groups a species is classified into?  Kingdom  Phylum  Class  Order  Family  Genus  Species

3. At first…  Scientists only classified organisms into one of two kingdoms Plant Animal  This wasn’t enough to explain all the diversity of life

4. Taxonomy Over the Years  Eventually scientists made five kingdoms: Monera (bacteria) Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia

5. Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes  Eukaryotes have their genetic material contained within a nucleus  Prokaryotes do not have their genetic material contained within any sort of structure

6. Recent Taxonomy

7. Eukaryota  Contains four kingdoms: Animals Plants Fungi Protists