SIX KINGDOMS CHARACTERISTICS CHART Eubacteria Archaebacteria Protista Fungus Plant Animal prokaryotic prokaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic Cell Type Number of Cells unicellular unicellular most unicellular most multicellular multicellular multicellular Level of cell cell most cell most tissue systems systems Organization contains pectin or none Cell Wall peptidoglycan chitin cellulose none uncommon lipids (green algae: cellulose) heterotroph Mode of Nutrition auto/heterotroph auto/heterotroph auto/heterotroph autotroph heterotroph (absorption) Reproduction asexual asexual sexual/asexual sexual/asexual sexual/asexual sexual/asexual Motility some motile nonmotile motile/nonmotile most nonmotile nonmotile motile many pathogenic many pathogenic fix nitrogen (malaria, African (athlete’s foot, epiphyte parasitic worms, Symbiotic many pathogenic aid in digestion sleeping sickness, yeast infection, mycorrhizae barnacles, Relationship aid in human amoebic dysentery) ringworm) mistletoe clownfish digestion cellulose digestion lichen algae major aquatic major oxygen & Ecological fix nitrogen oxygen & food food source human impact on decomposers decomposers Importance decomposers producers (photosynthesis environment algal bloom - trophic level 1) can live in fermented food gave rise to extreme can’t live without toothpaste teeth products invertebrates eukaryote conditions Other ‘em whiteners food source vertebrates organelles ancestors of medicine source antibiotics eukaryotes sponges trees Escherichia coli algae, diatoms, lichen, yeast, Examples methanobacteria flowers Streptococcus amoebas, mushrooms grass mammals This chart sets the content to be covered in the Six Kingdoms Unit. Limit your content for teaching/testing purposes to these concepts.
SIX KINGDOMS CHARACTERISTICS CHART Eubacteria Archaebacteria Protista Fungus Plant Animal Cell Type prokaryotic prokaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic Number of Cells unicellular unicellular most unicellular most multicellular multicellular multicellular Level of Organization cell cell most cell most tissue systems systems Cell Wall peptidoglycan contains uncommon lipids pectin or none (green algae: cellulose) chitin cellulose none Mode of Nutrition auto/heterotroph auto/heterotroph auto/heterotroph heterotroph (absorption) autotroph heterotroph Reproduction asexual asexual sexual/asexual sexual/asexual sexual/asexual sexual/asexual Motility some motile nonmotile motile/nonmotile most nonmotile nonmotile motile Symbiotic Relationship fix nitrogen many pathogenic aid in human digestion aid in digestion many pathogenic (malaria, African sleeping sickness, amoebic dysentery) cellulose digestion many pathogenic (athlete’s foot, yeast infection, ringworm) lichen epiphyte mycorrhizae mistletoe parasitic worms, barnacles, clownfish Ecological Importance fix nitrogen decomposers decomposers algae major aquatic oxygen & food producers algal bloom decomposers major oxygen & food source (photosynthesis - trophic level 1) human impact on environment Other gave rise to eukaryote organelles can live in extreme conditions ancestors of eukaryotes toothpaste teeth whiteners fermented food products food source antibiotics can’t live without ‘em medicine source invertebrates vertebrates Examples Escherichia coli Streptococcus methanobacteria algae, diatoms, amoebas, lichen, yeast, mushrooms trees flowers grass sponges mammals This chart sets the content to be covered in the Six Kingdoms Unit. Limit your content for teaching/testing purposes to these concepts.
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