4.3.4 Classification of the Five Kingdoms

Question 1

What are the 5 kingdoms

Answer 1

• Prokaryota
• Protocista
• Fungi
• Plantae
• Animalia

Question 2

Prokaryota Kingdom Notes

Answer 2

• Bacteria (blue green bacteria too)
• Unicellular
• Cell walls and cytoplasm (not the same as in eukaryotes)
  -Divide by binary fission
• Blue-green bacteria are autotrophic (photosynthesise)
• Some bacteria are heterotrophic (feed by decomposing organic material)

Question 3

Which kingdoms are classified within the domain Eukarya?

Answer 3

• Protocista
• Fungi
• Plantae
• Animalia

(prokaryota is the only one that isn’t)

Question 4

Protocista kingdom notes

Answer 4

• Eukaryotic
• Single celled or small group of similar cells
• No cell wall
• ALGAE possess similar cells to plants, contain cellulose cell walls and chloroplasts

Question 5

Fungi kingdom notes

Answer 5

• Eukaryotic
• Non-cellulose cell walls (chitin)
• No cilia
• Heterotrophs (digest dead/decaying matter, or by being parasites on live organisms)
• Reproduce using spores
• Unicellular or as hyphae (threads of cells growing from main colony of fungus forming a network of filaments called MYCELIUM)
• Larger ones have fruiting bodies releasing spores

Question 6

Plantae kingdom notes

Answer 6

• Eukaryotic
• Multicellular
• Cell walls of cellulose
• Vacuoles
• Can specialise to form tissues and organs
• Chloroplasts
• Can have flagella
• Autotrophs
• Complex body forms

Question 7

Animalia kingdom notes

Answer 7

• Eukaryotic
• Multicellular
• Differentiate
• Temporary vacuoles like lysosomes
• No cell walls
• Can have cilia
• Heterotrophs
• Nervous system and chemical signalling