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What do you know about scientific classification?
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The 5 Kingdoms
Scientists classify all living things into 5 different groups.
• Monerans (Always 1 celled and do not have a cell nuclei)
• Protista (Most 1 celled and do have a cell nuclei)
• Fungi (Many celled, absorb their food from others)
• Plantae (Many celled, make their own food)
• Animalae (Many celled, feed on living or once living things.
Bonus Question: Why are the names of the
kingdoms spelled “funny”?
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Life and the Six Kingdoms
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Bonus Answer: Because they are in
Latin, a language everyone could
read when scientific classification
was first organized.
Examples:
Monerans: Plague bacteria
Protista: paramecium
Plantae: Buckthorn Cactus
Fungi: Star shaped Penicillin Mold
Animalae: Ewe and Lamb
Bonus Question: Which of these kingdoms contains
organisms that are parasites?
Some Common Examples of Each Group
Monerans
Infected cut:
Staph
Bacteria
Diarrhea:
Salmonella
Bacteria
Bad breath:
Mouth
Bacteria
Pink Eye:
Staph
Bacteria
Yogurt:
Bacteria
Sour Dough
Bread:
Bacteria
Methane
Gas:
Bacteria
Protista
amoeba
algae
diatoms
paramecium
plankton
Fungi
mushrooms
puff ball
mold
mildew
penicillin
yeast
blue cheese
Plantae
grass
tomato
peach
oak tree
moss
sea weed
fern
Animalae
Snake
Lobster
Human
Snail
Frog
Cat
Opossum
Bonus Question Answer: Monerans, Protista, Fungi. Plantae and
Animalae all contain many parasitic organisms. Parasites live in a
host organism damaging it in some way.
Some Common Examples
Monerans
Infected cut:
Staph
Bacteria
Diarrhea:
Salmonella
Bacteria
Bad breath:
Mouth
Bacteria
Pink Eye:
Staph
Bacteria
Yogurt:
Bacteria
Sour Dough
Bread:
Bacteria
Methane
Gas:
Bacteria
Protists
amoeba
algae
diatoms
parameciu
m
plankton
Fungi
mushrooms
puff ball
mold
mildew
penicillin
yeast
blue cheese
Plants
grass
tomato
peach
oak tree
moss
sea weed
fern
Animals
Snake
Lobster
Human
Snail
Frog
Cat
Oppossum
Test Yourself: What kingdom am I?
• I can cause bad smells
and make you sick
• I can also make corn
into gas for your car and
rubber
• I have just 1 cell
• I do not have a nucleus
animalae
monerans
Bacteria Colonies Growing in Agar Culture before
Pasteurization.
plantae
Check the classification examples
protista
RIGHT!
If there is no nucleus in the cell, it must be
part of the Monerans kingdom.
WRONG!
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Test Yourself: What
kingdom am I?
• I have many cells
• My cells have strong
rigid walls
• I use chloroplasts to
turn sunlight into food
for my self.
protista
animalae
plantae
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fungi
RIGHT!
• Plants have a rigid cell wall since they do
not have a skeleton.
• Plants manufacture energy from the sun
using the chloroplasts in their cells.
• Plants have many cells.
WRONG!
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Test Yourself: What
kingdom am I?
• I have only 1 cell
• I have a cell nucleus
• I am a favorite food of
many whales
fungi
protista
animalae
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plantae
RIGHT!
• Many whales eat diatoms and plankton
which are protists
• Protists have only 1 cell
• Protists always have a cell nucleus
WRONG!
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Test Yourself: What
kingdom am I?
• I have many cells
• I do not have
chloroplasts but I do
have a cell nucleus
• I reproduce with spores
• I do not make my own
food.
animalae
protista
plantae
Check the classification examples.
fungi
RIGHT!
• Fungi have many cells
• Fungi absorb their food, they do not make it
• Fungi do not have chloroplasts in their cells
WRONG!
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Test Yourself: What
Kingdom Am I?
• I have many cells
• My cells do not have
rigid walls
• I feed on living or
once-living things.
fungi
animalae
monerans
Check the classification examples.
protista
RIGHT!
• Animals have many cells
• Animals get their food from other living or
once living things
• Animals cells do not have rigid cell walls
(or chloroplasts)
WRONG!
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Kingdom
More About
Classification
Phylum
• Each group is divided into smaller
groups with similar characteristics.
Class
• Phylums are groups of organisms
Order
with similar basic body types.
Family
Genus
Species
• Organisms within the same species
are so similar they can produce
offspring together.
Some examples of Classification
Kingdom
Phylum
Animalae
Animalea
Chordata (has a Chordata (has a
Plantae
Plantae
Vascular
Vascular
backbone)
backbone)
Mammal (warm
Reptile (cold
Pteridophyta
Magnoliopseda
blooded)
blooded)
(seedless)
(Dicotyledons)
Order
Primate
SquamataSerpente
Polipodiales
Rubiales
Family
Homonid
Elapidae
Pteridaceae
Rubiaceae
Genus
Homo
Adrian
Adiantum
coffea
Species
Sapiens
Naga (spectacled
(humans)
cobra)
Maiden Hair
Fern (28 species)
Arabica (coffee)
Class
Bonus Question: Where does the name
“Chordata” come from?
Test Yourself: if my name is Chordata (backbone) Mammalia (warm blooded) Primate
Hominid (two legs) Homo Sapiens (intelligent)
Which picture is probably me?
Bonus Question Answer: From the word cord as in spinal cord.
RIGHT!
Humans
have backbones,
are warmblooded,
are two legged, and
are intelligent
WRONG!
Remember in scientific
classification, the scientific name
describes the organism.
Try the question again!
Test Yourself: my scientific name is Animalia (Animal) Invertebrata (no
backbone) Arthropoda (Joint
Footed) Insecta (six legs)
Hymenoptera (Membrane Wing)
Diptera Formicidae Myrmex
Which picture describes me?
RIGHT!
• Ants have 6 legs and have
segmented bodies
• Ants have no backbone.
Their skeleton is their external
shell
• Ants develop membraned
wings for mating in the spring
• Ants smell like formic acid
and so are named Formicidae
WRONG!
Remember: a scientific name
describes the organism.
Snakes have NO legs, not six.
Try the question again!
WRONG!
Remember: a scientific name
describes the organism.
A tree would not be in the animal
kingdom, it would be in the plant
kingdom.
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Test Yourself: In this picture Animalia (Animal) Invertebrata
(No Backbone) Mollusca
(Shell)Gastropoda (Stomach
Foot) Stylommatophora
Would be the scientific
name for Uncle Sam
Would be the scientific
name for the snail.
RIGHT!
• Snails’ stomachs
open into their
foot.
• Snails are
protected by an
external shell and
have no skeleton
or backbone.
WRONG!
Remember scientific names
describe the organism.
• Uncle Sam does not have a shell
• Uncle Sam does not eat through
his feet!
Try the question again!
Make up your own name which
describes this organism!
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Genus
Species
CONGRATULATIONS!
You’ve shown your
Classification
Power!
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