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Themes > Science > Botanical Sciences > Major Divisions Of Life > The Five Kingdoms |
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KINGDOM |
CELLS |
CELL STRUCTURE |
OBTAINS FOOD |
MOVEMENT METHOD |
HOW REPRODUCES |
ENV. FUNCTION |
ENV. IMPORTANCE |
EXAMPLES |
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Monera |
one-celled or colony of cells |
no nucleus,no organelles,cell membrane,cell wall(some) |
photosynthesis,decomposer,parasite |
in water,in host |
conjugation,fission |
producer(some),consumer(some) |
decomposition,food chain,produce nitrogen/vitamins/antibiotics,in human/animal intestines |
bacteria,cyanobacteria |
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Protista |
one-celled(mostly),multi-celled(some) |
nucleus, organelles,vacuole,cell membrane,cell wall(some) |
absorption,trap or engulf,flagella,pseudopodium,cilia,photosynthesis |
pseudopodium,flagella,cilia |
conjugation,fission,asexual,sexual |
plant-like producer,animal-like consumer |
ocean/pond food chain,human food source,produce oxygen |
plankton,algae,amoeba,paramecium,diatoms,euglena,volvox,spirogyra,dinoflagellates |
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Fungi |
one-cell(some),multi-cell(some) |
nucleus,organelles,cell membrane,cell wall |
decomposer,parasite,absorption,partnership |
live on host |
spores,asexual,budding |
consumer |
decomposition,produce antibiotics,help make bread,help in fermentation |
mushrooms,molds,mildews,yeasts |
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Plantae |
multi-celled |
nucleus,organelles,cell membrane,cell wall,vacuole |
mostly photosynthesis |
grow toward light source |
propagation(grafting,budding,cutting,layering) |
mostly producer |
food source,medicines,dyes |
angiosperms,gymnosperms,mosses,ferns,liverworts,horsetails |
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Animalia |
multi-celled |
nucleus,organelles,cell membrane,vacuole |
parasite,prey |
muscular movement,in water,in air,in soil |
asexual,sexual |
consumer(herbivores,carnivores,omnivores) |
food source,labor,recreation |
sponges,worms,mollusks,insects,starfish,mammals,amphibians,fish,birds,reptiles |
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