Unit 3: Life Science
Chapter 18 Section 4: How Organisms Are Classified
Objectives:
● To explain how living things are divided into kingdoms
● To list and describe the five kingdoms of living things.
Terms:
1. Kingdom:
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2. Microorganism:
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3. Protist:
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4. Algae:
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5. Protozoan:
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6. Decompose:
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7. Parasite:
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8. Fungus:
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How Organisms Are Classified
a. Scientists divide the world of living things into
______________ groups, or _____________________.
b. They are named the following:
i. ___________________________________
ii. ___________________________________
iii. ___________________________________
iv. ___________________________________
v. ___________________________________
The Plant Kingdom
a. Plants can make their own _________________.
b. Plants include the following:
i. _________________________
ii. _________________________
iii. _________________________
iv. _________________________
The Animal Kingdom
a. Animals ________________ make their own food.
b. Animals get their food from other _______________ things.
The Protist Kingdom
a. This kingdom originated when biologists discovered tiny
organisms, called _______________________________.
b. They classified organisms as being
_____________________.
c. Many protists have only _________________ cell.
i. Algae: ____________________________________
1.
Example: __________________________
ii. Protozoans: _________________________________
1.
Live in ___________________, soil and the
bodies of ______________________.
2.
Most are ________________________________
3.
Behave like animals by getting
__________________ and
___________________.
The Fungi Kindom
a. Mushrooms and __________________.
b. Have _________________ cells.
c. Do not ______________ around by themselves.
d. Fungi release special _____________________ on dead
plant and animal matter, which helps them to
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e. Some fungi are ______________________. They absorb
food from a living _____________________ and can harm
plants and animals.
The Monera Kingdom
a. Monera means ______________________.
b. One kind of organism, _______________________.
c. Some can move and get ______________________.
d. Some don’t move and make their own _______________.
e. Some bacteria cause ________________________.