🟢19 Five Kingdoms of Life Flashcards
What are the Five diff kingdoms of life
Monera (bacteria)
Fungi
Protista
Plantae (plants)
Animalia (animals)
Why aren’t viruses allocated to any of the five kingdoms?
It is unclear whether or not they are living things
Name the kingdoms in the old 2 kingdom system of classification
Animals
Planta
Name the four kingdoms which have membrane bound nuclei
Fungi
Protista
Plantae
Animalia
^All eukaryotic
Which of the five kingdoms has the most numerous organism on earth
MONERA
Are monera prokaryotes or eukaryotes
Prokaryotic
Name one of the main roles of Monera
to decompose dead organisms
in this way they return minerals to the soil for use by other organisms
What are the main features of Monera
Dont have a membrane enclosed nucleus
Don’t have membrane enclosed organelles
Small, microscpoic + single celled
Reproduce ASEXUALLY
Do Monera reproduce sexually or Asexually
Asexually
List some examples of Fungi
Mushrooms
Moulds
Mildews
Yeasts
Main role of Fungi
Break down dead organisms and allow minerals to recycle
(Same as monera)
How can fungi be of economic value
Some fungi:
Edible
Produce antibiotics
Yeasts used in baking and alcohol production
Main features of fungi:
Dont make their own food;absorb food from outside source
Mainly multicellular
composed of threads called hyphae
which combine to form a visible fluffy mass called a mycelium
Cell walls made of carb called chitin
Reproduce by spores
How do fungi reproduce
By spores
Name some examples of protista
Algae
Plankton
Seaweeds
Single celled organisms (eg. amoeba)
Fungus like slime moulds
Where are protists found nearly always found
Anywhere water is present
Puddles,damp soil, ponds, lakes, oceans,
Main features of protists
Membrane enclosed nucleus
Mainly single celled, but those that contain many cells are simple organisms
meaning they dont form tissue
What is the main role of protists
Idk tbh
plankton and larger algae account for more than half of all the photosynthesis that takes place on earth
What are the major groups of Plants
Mosses
Ferna
Seed-Producing Plants
Whats included in seed producing plants
Flowering plants Eg.Grass flowers cereals
Non flowering plants Eg.pine trees
What is the main role of plants
Not too sure
Food for animals
Main features of plants
Complex, multicellular organisms
Photosynthetic
Cell walls made from cellulose
Often contain big vacuoles
Non motile
Reproduce both asexually and sexually
Do plants reproduce asexually or sexually
Both!
Name some animals
Jellyfishh
Worms
Snails
insects
Fish
Birds
Humans
Main features of animals
Multicellular organisms that take in food
Dont have cell walls
Have a nervous system
Have a muscular system
Normally reproduce sexually
Large eggs that cant move bythemself
Small sperm that can swim using tail
