Six Kingdoms of Life

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Six Kingdoms of Life

• Seventh Grade Science

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Six Kingdoms

• Archaebacteria (prokaryotes)
• Eubacteria (prokaryotes)
• Protists
• Fungi
• Plants
• Animals

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Archaebacteria

• Oldest form of life
• Singe cell organism (unicellular)
• Found in extreme environments
• Geysers
• Hotsprings
• Volcanic ocean vents

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Eubacteria

• Second oldest form of life
• Single cell organism (unicellular)
• Most familiar bacteria
• Streptococcus
• Lactobacillus
• Staphylococcus

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Protists

• Odds and Ends kingdom
• All microscopic organisms that are not plants,
  not animal, not bacteria, and not fungi.
• Single cell organism (unicellular)
• Protozoa, Amoeba

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Fungi

• Most are multi-cellular organism
• Mold, mildew, mushrooms
• Some are very important to ecosystems or as food.
• Some cause diseases ringworm, and athletes
  foot

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Plants

• Second largest kingdom
• Multi-cellular organisms
• Producers (make their own food)
• Without plants life as we know it would not
  exist.

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Animals

• Largest kingdom
• Multi-cellular
• Consumers must eat for energy
• Over 1 million known species

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