The Five Kingdoms of Living Things
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.
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