1.2 Kingdoms of Life

1.2 Kingdoms of Life

This lesson covers:

• The key features and differences between animals, plants, fungi, protoctists, bacteria, and viruses

Notes

• 5 kingdoms of life - animals, plants, fungi, protoctists, bacteria
• +  viruses, the odd one out, not actually living
• Animals, plants, fungi, protoctists all eukaryotes
• Bacteria = prokaryotes
• Prokaryotic cells are smaller than eukaryotic cells

Animals: Estimated 5-10 million species, multicellular, heterotrophs (get energy from other organisms), reproducce sexually

Plants: Around 300,000 species, multicellular, autotrophs (get energy from the sun using photosynthesis)

Fungi: Some are multicellular, some unicellular,…