The Six Kingdoms of Life By: Mr. Lowe

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The Six Kingdoms of LifeBy Mr. Lowe
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Important New Vocabulary

• Sessile Not able to move about (stationary).
• Vagile Able to move about.
• Heterotrophic Organism that cannot make its own
  food. (example- humans)
• Autotrophic Organism that can make its own
  food. (example plants photosynthesis)

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Six Kingdoms

• Kingdom Archaebacteria Simplest
• Kingdom Eubacteria Simplest
• Kingdom Protista
• Kingdom Fungi
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia most complex

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Archaebacteria (ancient)

• Number of Cells Unicellular (one cell)
• Nucleus No true nucleus
• Type of Cell Prokaryotic
• Movement Sessile and Vagile
• How They Move Flagellum
• Food Making Autotrophic and Heterotrophic
• Examples Methanogens (produce methane),
  Halophiles (salt-loving), Thermophiles (high
  temperatures), Psychrophiles (low temperatures)

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Eubacteria

• Number of Cells Unicellular (one cell)
• Nucleus No true nucleus
• Type of Cell Prokaryotic
• Movement Sessile and Vagile
• How They Move Flagellum
• Food Making Autotrophic and Heterotrophic
• Examples Bacteria, Cyanobacteria(blue-green
  algae), Actinobacteria

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Protista

• Number of Cells Unicellular (one cell)
• Nucleus True nucleus
• Type of Cell Eukaryotic
• Movement Sessile and Vagile
• How They Move Flagellum, Cilia, Pseudopodia
  (false foot)
• Food Making Autotrophic and Heterotrophic
• Examples Ameoba, Diatoms, Paramecium

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Fungi

• Number of Cells Multicellular
• Nucleus Has a true nucleus
• Type of Cell Eukaryotic
• Movement Sessile
• How They Move N/A
• Food Making Heterotrophic (some parasites)
• Examples Yeast, Molds, and Mushrooms

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Plantae

• Number of Cells Multicellular
• Nucleus Has a true nucleus
• Type of Cell Eukaryotic
• Movement Sessile
• How They Move N/A
• Food Making Autotrophic (photosynthesis)
• Examples mosses, ferns, flowering plants
  (dandelions, roses, etc.), trees

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Animalia

• Number of Cells Multicellular
• Nucleus Has a true nucleus
• Type of Cell Eukaryotic
• Movement Sessile and Vagile
• How They Move legs, wings, fins, flippers,
  hands.
• slither
• Food Making Heterotrophic
• Examples Worms, Insects, Arachnids, Mammals,
  Jellyfish, Coral, Sponges, Reptiles, Birds, Fish