The Six Kingdoms

What are the six kingdoms scientists

use today?

The six kingdoms are…

! Archaebacteria

! Eubacteria

! Protists

! Fungi

! Plants

! Animals

Archaebacteria! “ancient bacteria”

! unicellular

! Some species are heterotrophs (can’t make their own food), while some are autotrophs (can make own food)

! They are prokaryotes, meaning they do not have a true nucleus

! They live in extreme environments

Eubacteria

! Like archaebacteria, they are unicellular and are prokaryotes.

! Some species are heterotrophs, while others are autotrophs.

! There are both helpful and harmful organisms in this kingdom.

Checkpoint

! How are eubacteria and archaebacteria

similar?

! How are they different?

Protists

! “odds and ends”

kingdom

! Mostly unicellular

! They are eukaryotes-

they have a true

nucleus

! Autotrophs and

heterotrophs

Fungi

! Mostly multicellular

! eukaryotes

! Heterotrophs

! Most live off

decaying matter

Plants

! autotrophs

! eukaryotes

! Produce oxygen,

which many

organisms require

! multicellular

Animals

! multicellular

! eukaryotes

! Heterotrophs

! Live in diverse

environments

Time to play “Guess That

Kingdom”! What kingdom do I

belong to?

! If you said plants,

you would be correct

“Guess That Kingdom” cont.

! What kingdom do I

belong to?

! If you said fungi, well

you are correct

“Guess That Kingdom” cont.

! What kingdom do I

belong to?

! If you said protists,

you are a PRO