Kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, & Plantae

Primary ProductersPrimary Producters

• Capable of using light energy to perform photosynthesis and thus create their own food

Autotrophs & HeterotrophsAutotrophs & Heterotrophs

• Autotroph – organism capable of producing own food

• Heterotroph – organism that needs to ingest nutrients/food

Prokaryotic & EukaryoticProkaryotic & Eukaryotic

• Prokaryotic – cells that do not have a nucleus

• Eukaryotic – cells that have a defined nucleus

Kingdom MoneraKingdom Monera

• Prokaryotic

• Autotrophic or Heterotrophic

• Bacteria & Cyanobacteria

BacteriaBacteria

• Unicellular

• Rod-shaped with cell wall

• Smallest living creatures on earth

• Prokaryote

• Kingdom Monera

CyanobacteriaCyanobacteria

• Blue-Green Algae

• Photosynthetic Bacteria

• Important role in the accumulation of oxygen in our atmosphere

Kingdom ProtistaKingdom Protista

• Eukaryotic

• Combine characteristics of plants & animals

• Includes: unicellular algae, protozoans, and multi-cellular algae

Unicellular AlgaeUnicellular Algae

• Widely used term to describe mostly aquatic, photosynthetic eukaryotes

DiatomsDiatoms

• Unicellular algae

• Cell walls made of silica

• Drifts in water (plankton)

DinoflaggellatesDinoflaggellates

• Unicellular algae

• Two unequal size flagella

• Cell wall of armored plates of cellulose

ForaminiferansForaminiferans

• Protozoans (animal like protists)

• Have pseudopodia (cytoplasmic extenstions)

• Also called forams

CiliatesCiliates

• Protozoans

• Have hair-like cilia to move

• Can live in gills, intestines, skin of fish, or attached to surfaces

Multi-Cellular AlgaeMulti-Cellular Algae

• Called “Seaweeds”

• More complex than unicellular algae but not as complex as terrestrial plants

• Categorized in Kingdom Protista, however some put them in Plantae

Parts:Parts:

Thallus:

• The entire structure

Stipe:• Stem-like part

Blade:• Leaf-like part

Holdfast:• Holds on but not a true

root capable of transport

Green algaeGreen algae

• Most found in freshwater or terrestrial environments

• Unicellular

• Bright green because chlorophyll is not masked.

Brown AlgaeBrown Algae

• Almost all marine

• Make up the most complex and largest seaweeds

• Make up kelp

Red AlgaeRed Algae

• Most found in marine environments

• Largest group of algae

Kingdom FungiKingdom Fungi

• 500 species of marine fungi

• Decomposers of dead matter

• Non-photosynthetic

• Plant-like

• Eukaryotic

Kingdom PlantaeKingdom Plantae

• Eukaryotic

• Photosynthetic

• Almost all multi-cellular

SeagrassesSeagrasses

• Not really grasses, more closely related to lilies

• Form meadows in shallow, tropical waters

Salt Tolerant plantsSalt Tolerant plants

• Most plants that inhabit salt marshes and shorelines are just tolerant to salt water and do not have adaptations especially for it