Chapter 1 – Structure of Living Things
Lesson 3 – Diversityof Organisms
How are living thingsgrouped together?
Scientists classify all livingthings (put them into groups).
There are six groups called kingdoms. A kingdom is thebroadest group into which livingthings are classified.
How are living thingsgrouped together?
The six kingdoms:
Animal Protist
Plant Ancient Bacteria
Fungus TrueBacteria
The AnimalKingdom
All animals:are many-celled
get energy from eating otherliving things
The AnimalKingdom
Animals are divided into twosmaller groups:
vertebrates(with a backbone)invertebrates (without a backbone)
The PlantKingdom
All plants:are many-celled
can produce their own food
The PlantKingdom
Plants are divided into twosmaller groups:
vascular plants (plants with tubes)
nonvascular plants(plants without tubes) Moss
The FungusKingdom
All fungi (plural of fungus):are one-celled or many-celledcannot make their own foodabsorb food from deadorganisms around them
mushrooms mold
The BacteriaKingdoms
All bacteria:are one-celled
do not have a nucleus
The BacteriaKingdoms
Bacteria are divided into twokingdoms:
Ancient Bacteria(found in hot springs and saltwater environments)True Bacteria(found in and on otherorganisms; can cause disease)
The ProtistKingdom
Protists:don’t fit into other kingdoms can have one or many cellssome make their own foodsome eat other living thingssome break down dead organisms
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