CLASSIFY ME!
What Kingdom do I belong to?
• I am a heterotroph.
• My cells have cell walls
made of chitin.
• I am eukaryotic.
• Some of my fellow
kingdom relatives
include yeasts,
mushrooms, and molds.
Kingdom Fungi
What Kingdom do I belong to?
• I am a prokaryote.
• I am unicellular.
• I live in very extreme
environments, like near
deep ocean volcanic
vents.
Kingdom Archaebacteria
What Kingdom do I belong to?
• I am eukaryotic.
• I am an autotroph.
• My cell walls are made
of cellulose.
• I have vascular tissues
to transport water, but
my cousins, the mosses,
do not.
Kingdom Plantae
What Kingdom do I belong to?
• Most of the members of
my Kingdom are
unicellular.
• I am eukaryotic.
• I am a heterotroph, but
others in my Kingdom are
autotrophs.
• My Kingdom is the “odds
and ends” kingdom.
• My cousins include the
amoeba and paramecium.
Kingdom Protista
What Kingdom do I belong to?
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I am a prokaryote.
I am unicellular.
I do not have a nucleus.
I live in “normal”
environments.
• Some of my relatives
may cause you to get
sick.
Kingdom Eubacteria
What Kingdom do I belong to?
• I am multicellular and
am eukaryotic.
• I am a heterotroph.
• My cells have nuclei,
but not cell walls.
• You belong to this
Kingdom, too.
Kingdom Animalia
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• My body plan is an
example of radial
symmetry.
• I have stinging cells
called nematocysts.
• I am an invertebrate.
• Jellyfish, coral, and sea
anemones are my
cousins.
Phylum Cnidaria
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• My body plan is an
example of radial
symmetry.
• I am an invertebrate.
• My cousins include
starfish, sea cucumbers,
and sea urchins.
Phylum Echinodermata
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• My body plan is an
example of bilateral
symmetry.
• I am a vertebrate.
• Mammals, birds,
reptiles, amphibians,
and fish all share this
phylum.
Phylum Chordata
(the Vertebrates!)
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• My body plan is
asymmetrical.
• I have lots of tiny pores
in my body to bring in
water.
• I filter food particles out
of the water.
• I am an invertebrate.
• My relatives are
sponges.
Phylum Porifera
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• My body plan is
bilateral symmetry.
• I am an invertebrate
and have a hard
exoskeleton.
• My relatives include
insects, arachnids (like
spiders), and
crustaceans (like crabs).
Phylum Arthropoda
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• I exhibit bilateral
symmetry.
• I am an invertebrate.
• I am part of the phylum
that is made up of the
flatworms, including
tapeworms.
Phylum Platyhelminthes
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• I am an invertebrate.
• I have bilateral
symmetry.
• Some of my relatives
live on land, like the
slug and snail.
• Some of my relatives
live in the water, like
the octopus, squid, and
clam.
Phylum Mollusca
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• I exhibit bilateral
symmetry.
• I am an invertebrate.
• My relatives are
segmented worms, such
as earthworms and
leeches.
Phylum Annelida
What Animal Phylum do I belong to?
• I exhibit bilateral
symmetry.
• I am an invertebrate.
• Many of my relatives
are parasites.
• My relatives are
roundworms and
hookworms.
Phylum Nematoda
What Vertebrate Group do I belong
to?
• I have hair or fur.
• I usually give birth to
live young, instead of
laying eggs, and nurse
my young with milk.
• I am endothermic
(warm-blooded).
Mammals
What Vertebrate Group do I belong
to?
• I live my entire life in
water and breath with
gills.
• I have scales.
• Most members of my
group lay eggs.
• I move through the
water using fins.
Fish
Agnatha- jawless fish
Chondricthyes- fish with cartilage
skeletons
Osteicthyes- fish with bony skeletons
What Vertebrate Group do I belong
to?
• I lay eggs.
• I am endothermic
(warm-blooded).
• I have feathers and
wings.
Birds
What Vertebrate Group do I belong
to?
• I am ectothermic (coldblooded).
• I have scales and claws.
• I usually lay eggs and lay
my eggs on land.
• I breathe air with lungs
for my whole life.
Reptiles
What Vertebrate Group do I belong
to?
• I am ectothermic (coldblooded).
• My skin is smooth and
moist with no scales.
• I lay eggs in the water.
• For the first part of my
life I breathe with gills
and later on I breathe
air with lungs.
Amphibians