The Five Kingdoms of Life

Kingdom Characteristics & Examples

Important Information
Moneran - One-celled/unicellular - Lactobacillus (found in yogurt)
- Do not have a nucleus - Staphlyococcuspneumoniae
- Have been on Earth for 3.8 billion (bacteria that causes pneumonia)
years
- Separated into two groups:
bacteria and cyanobacteria
- Over 1800 species

Protist - One-celled/unicellular - Amoeba

- Have a nucleus - Algae
- Can move around within their
environment and make their own
food
- Over 38,000 species

Fungi - Can be one-celled or multi-cellular - Mushrooms

- Do not make their own food - Yeast
- Decomposers
- Use enzymes to absorb nutrients
- Motionless

Plantae - Multi-cellular - Trees

- Cells contain chlorophyll (green - Tulips
pigment)
- Take in energy from the sun
through a process called
photosynthesis
- Oldest plant fossil is 4 million
years-old

Animalia - Multi-cellular - Humans

- Have complex systems - Whales
- Do not make their own food
- Largest of all five kingdoms
- Separated into two groups:
vertebrates and invertebrates
- About 1 million species

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 The Five Kingdoms of Life
Kingdom Characteristics & Examples
Important Information
Moneran - Lactobacillus (found in yogurt)
- Staphlyococcuspneumoniae
(bacteria that causes pneumonia)

Protist

Fungi

Plantae

Animalia