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10 Things To Know Kingdoms and Classification Thing 1: Levels of Classification • • • • • • • Kingdom—Most inclusive Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species—Least inclusive • King • Phillip • Came • Over • For • Good • Spaghetti • Kooky • Pirates • Chewed • On • Funky • Green • Squids Thing 2: Binomial Nomenclature • Scientific names have two parts • Genus • species • Tyrannosaurus rex • Homo sapiens • Chesapecten jeffersonius Chesapecten jeffersonius •Tyrannosaurus rex •Homo sapiens Thing 3: Kingdom Monera • All are prokaryotes • All are single-celled • Eubacteria (bacteria) are the everyday bacteria around us • Archaebacteria include prokaryotes that live in extreme environments (salty, acidic, hot, etc.) Thing 4: Kingdom Plantae • • • • Plants All are eukaryotic All are multicellular Most have chloroplasts for photosynthesis • Autotrophs = producers Thing 5: Three Groups of Plants • Primitive plants don’t make seeds • Moss, ferns • Gymnosperms usually make seeds in cones • Conifers: Pine, hemlock • Angiosperms have flowers and seeds are in fruit Thing 6: Kingdom Animalia • All animals are • • • • Eukaryotic Heterotrophs = Consumers Multicellular Motile (move) at some point in their life cycle Thing 7: Kingdom Fungi • All fungi are/have • Eukaryotic • Cell walls • Heterotrophs = Consumers • Many are decomposers Thing 8: Examples of Fungi • • • • Mushrooms Mold Yeast Puffballs Thing 9: Kingdom Protista • “Junk drawer” of taxonomy • All protists are eukaryotes • Not a prokaryote, plant, animal, or fungus? You must be a protist! Thing 10: Variety among Protists • • • • Producers and consumers Unicellular and multicellular Cell walls or not Microscopic (amoebas, etc.) or huge (giant kelp) • Motile or not