Classification Name______

Largest (3 domains)

Currently 6 kingdoms

Smallest

~Species share characteristics. They are similar in

apearance and behavior.

~A species mates with a member of their own species.

Ex: humans mate with humans

6 Kingdoms

Archaebacteria (Domain Archae)

  • Unicellular prokaryote
  • Some are autotrophs and some are heterotrophs
  • Has a cell wall
  • Reproduces through binary fission
  • Lives in extreme environment
  • Ex: Methanogens, Halophiles, Thermacidophiles
  • Can be helpful: Makes methane gas we use for fuel; decomposes organic matter
  • Can be unpleasant: Makes odors

Eubacteria (Domain Bacteria)

  • Unicellular prokaryote
  • Some are autotrophs and some are heterotrophs
  • Has a cell wall
  • Reproduces through binary fission
  • Lives everywhere except extreme environments
  • Ex: Cyanobacteria and Eubacteria
  • Can be helpful: Helps to make cheese, yogurt, sour cream, cider; decomposes organic matter; adds nitrogen to the soil
  • Can be harmful: Causes food to spoil; causes illnesses and disease

Protist (Domain Eukarya)

  • Most are ______. (Brown, red, and some green algae are multicellular.)
  • ____karyote
  • ____troph (Euglena, diatoms, red algae, brown algae, green algae) or _____troph (ameba, paramecium, slime mold, dinoflagellates)
  • Mostly __sexual reproduction
  • Movement: ______, ______, ______
  • Live in ______or ______places

Fungi (Domain Eukarya)

  • Most are ______cellular but ______is unicellular.
  • ____karyote
  • Lives in ______
  • Reproduction: ______reproduces asexually by budding. All other fungi reproduce asexually with ______.
  • Movement: ______move from place to place
  • Examples: mushrooms, ______, yeast, mildew, ______, bracket fungi
  • Helpful: Decomposer, helps to make cheese and bread, makes antibiotic Penicillin
  • Harmful: Causes crop disease, athlete’s foot

Plant (Domain Eukarya)

  • _____cellular
  • ____karyote
  • _____troph
  • Reproduces sexually with ______or ______.
  • Movement: ______move from place to place
  • There are four phyla of plants.

Moss

Grows low to the ground in shady places and uses ______for reproduction.

Ferns

Has fronds for leaves and uses ______for reproduction.

Conifers

Makes cones which hold the ______for reproduction.

Has ______for leaves.

Ex: pines, cedar, hemlock, juniper

Flowering Plants

Makes ______for reproduction with seeds.

Ex: Oak tree, tomato, rose, grass

Animal (Domain Eukarya)

  • ______cellular
  • _____karyote
  • _____troph
  • ______reproduction
  • Movement: ______move from place to place
  • There are six phyla of animals

Cnidarians

Have a tube shaped body with only one opening.

Ex: coral, ______, ______, ______

Mollusks

Have a soft body with either and external or internal shell.

Ex: snails, ______, clams, ______, ______, mussels, ______, squid

Annelids

Annelids are ______and include flatworms like a ______, roundworms like a Nematode,

and segmented worms like a leech or an ______.

Arthropods

Arthropods are the largest phylum and include four classes.

Crustaceans (______, crayfish, shrimp)

Arachnids (Spiders and ______)

Centipedes and Millipedes

Insects

Echinoderms

Nickname is the “spiny skinned” invertebrates.

Ex: ______, sand dollar, ______, sea cucumber

Chordates

Chordates have a ______.