The 5 Kingdom System of Classification

Kingdom Prokaryota (Monera)
1. Includes the bacteria and related organisms
2. Cell has no nucleus
3. DNA exists as a circular chromosome
4. No membrane-bound organelles
5. Cell wall always present & contains peptidoglycans
6. Usually exists as single cells or groups of cells
7. Small ribosomes
Kingdom Protoctista
1. Includes a very diverse range of organisms, which may actually be more closely related to organisms in other kingdoms. Any eukaryote that is not a fungi, plant or animal
2. Eukaryote
3. Mostly single-celled, or exist as groups of similar cells
4. Some have animal-like cells and are known as protozoa
5. Some have plant-like cells and known as algae
Kingdom Fungi
1. Do not have chlorophyll & do not photosynthesise; they feed heterotrophically
2. Eukaryotic
3. Simple body form, which may be unicellular or made up of long threads called hyphae
4. Reproduce by means of spores
5. Cells have cell walls not made of cellulose
6. Never have cilia or flagella
Kingdom Plantae
1. Multicellular eukaryotes, with cells differentiated to form tissues
2. Some cells have chloroplasts, and feed hetertrophically
3. Cell walls always present, made of cellulose
4. Cells may occasionally have flagella
Kingdom Animalia
1. Multicellular eukaryotes, with cells differentiated to form tissues
2. Do not have chloroplasts, and feed heterotrophically
3. Do not have cell walls
4. Cells sometimes have cilia or flagella

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