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The Five Kingdoms of Living Things SOL 5.5 Study Guide *Scientists classify organisms according to their shapes, sizes, and DNA. Classification allows scientists to identify important characteristics about organisms and determine how the organisms are related. Plant - a member of a kingdom that contains groups that are either vascular or nonvascular (ex. horsetails, conifers, ferns) Animal - a member of a kingdom that contains groups that are either vertebrates or invertebrates (ex. worms, birds, amphibians, insects, frogs, butterfly, sponges) Fungi - a member of a kingdom that contains some one-celled living things but mostly many-celled living things that absorb food from their environment; likes it damp and dark (ex. lichens, molds, mushrooms) Protist - a member of a kingdom that contains mostly one-celled living things, some that make food and some that hunt for food (ex. green algae, amoeba, euglenas, paramecium) Bacteria- a member of a kingdom that contains one-celled living things that have no nucleus, or center, in their cell body (ex. streptococci, salmonella, bacillis) * They usually cluster or link together.