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Six Kingdoms of Biological Classification

This document provides a table comparing the six kingdoms of life: Bacteria, Archaebacteria, Protists, Fungi, Plants, and Animals. It lists key characteristics of each kingdom such as their cell structure, how they obtain energy, reproduce, and other distinguishing features. The kingdoms vary in whether they are made of one cell or many cells, how they get energy (photosynthesis or consuming other organisms), and their methods of reproduction (asexual or sexual).

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Six Kingdoms of Biological Classification

This document provides a table comparing the six kingdoms of life: Bacteria, Archaebacteria, Protists, Fungi, Plants, and Animals. It lists key characteristics of each kingdom such as their cell structure, how they obtain energy, reproduce, and other distinguishing features. The kingdoms vary in whether they are made of one cell or many cells, how they get energy (photosynthesis or consuming other organisms), and their methods of reproduction (asexual or sexual).

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Six Kingdoms of Classification Name _____________________ Date ______ Period ___

Type Number Obtain Type of Other


Kingdom
of Cell of Cells Energy Reproduction Characteristics

Bacteria

Archaebacteria

Protists

Fungi

Plants

Animals
Six Kingdoms of Classification Name _____________________ Date ______ Period ___

Type Number Obtain Type of Other


Kingdom
of Cell of Cells Energy Reproduction Characteristics
 Gets energy from sunlight
 Reproduce in a short
One-celled (producer/autotroph) Asexual:
amount of time
Bacteria Prokaryote (Single-celled;  breaks down or absorbs material Dividing in Two
 Can be helpful or
Unicellular) in dead or decaying organisms by Binary Fission
harmful
(decomposer/heterotroph)
 Reproduce in a short
amount of time
 Gets energy from sunlight
 Found in extreme
One-celled (producer/autotroph) Asexual:
environments [very hot,
Archaebacteria Prokaryote (Single-celled;  breaks down materials in dead or Dividing in Two
very cold, very salty,
Unicellular) decaying organisms by Binary Fission
etc.]
(decomposer/heterotroph)
 Different chemical
makeup than bacteria
 Classified based on
 Make their own food their way of getting
(producer/autotroph like plants) energy (plant-like,
Mostly
 Eating other organisms fungi-like, or animal-
One-celled
(consumer/heterotroph) Mostly Asexual like)
Protists Eukaryote but some
 Breaks down or absorbs some Sexual  Most diverse kingdom
simple
materials from dead or decaying “the leftovers”
Multicellular
organisms  Examples: algae,
(decomposer/heterotroph) seaweed, euglena,
diatom, paramecium
 Breaks down or absorbs  Can be helpful or
Mostly
materials from dead or decaying Asexual or harmful
Fungi Eukaryote Multicellular
organisms Sexual  Examples: mushrooms,
(Many-celled)
(decomposer/heterotroph) mold, yeasts
Multicellular  Producer/Autotroph – makes its Asexual or
Plants Eukaryote
(Many-celled) own food (Photosynthesis) Sexual

Eukaryote
Multicellular  Consumer/Heterotroph – feeds
Animals Sexual
(Many-celled) on or consumes other organisms

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