SIX KINGDOMS

Plantae, Animalia, Protista, Fungi, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria

Vocabulary:

Prokaryote: "a microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles. Prokaryotes include the bacteria and cyanobacteria."

Eukaryote: "organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within a nuclear envelope."

Unicellular: "consisting of a single cell.

Multicellular: "having or consisting of many cells."

Autotroph: "an organism that produces complex organic compounds using carbon from simple substances such as carbon dioxide, generally using energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions."

Heterotroph: "an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter."

Plantae Kingdom

Eukaryote

Multicellular

Autotroph

Examples: cactus, moss, algae

Animalia Kingdom

Eukaryote

Multicellular

Heterotroph

Examples: insects, reptiles, chordates