The Five Kingdoms

1. The Five Kingdoms

2. Monerans • Monerans are the oldest, simplest, most primitive, and most abundant living thing. • Most are characterized by not having a cell wall. • They have no true nucleus.

3. Role in the Environment • Monerans cause decay and food spoilage, disease in plants, animals and humans.

4. Role in the Environment • Monerans aren’t always bad, in fact some are used to make cheese and yogurt from milk products.

5. Role in the Environment • Monerans are used to make antibiotics which are used to treat infections.

6. Examples of Monerans • Bacteria • Blue Green Algae

7. Bacteria Bacteria that is most commonly known for causing wounds to get infected

8. Bacteria E. Coli Pink Eye Strep Throat

9. What are Protists? • Protists are single and multicellular organisms with a nucleus. • Protist are plant-like, animal-like and fungi-like. • All protists live in wet places.

10. Role in the environment • Protists cause diseases such as malaria and dysentery in animals and humans. • Dysentery- a deadly disease in which causes severe upset stomach and fever. It is no longer a problem in the US. • Malaria- An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium in red blood. Usually spread from one human to another by the mosquito.

11. Examples of Protists • Green Algae • Red Algae • Brown Algae • Protozoa • Slime Molds • Water Molds • Mildew • Amoebas Red Algae Slime Mold

12. Examples of Protists Water Mold Protozoa (causes dysentery) Amoeba

13. III. Fungi • This kingdom is basically made up of decomposers. • Fungi feed by absorbing nutrients from the organic material in which they live. • Fungi are considered a parasite because they absorb food from other living or once living(non-living) things.

14. Some fungi cause decay/diseases by using living organisms for food. • They can infect plants, animals, and other fungi.

15. Role in the Environment • We eat mushrooms. • Yeast is used for making bread. • Medicines to stop infection of organ transplants, ex: hearts • Athlete’s foot and ringworm are two fungal diseases. • Lichens on trees are a fungus.

16. IV. Plants This kingdom may be microscopic in size and simple in structure such as a one-celled algae or a many-celled gigantic complex system such as a tree. Plants have chloroplasts and cell wall.

17. IV. Plants Plants continue to grow as long as they live. Plants are fixed in one place, they do not move Plants contain chlorophyll.

18. Plants • Role in the Environment • Plants are essential to life and the balance of nature. • Green plants make their own food and give off oxygen in the process called photosynthesis.

19. Plants’ Role in the Environment • Plants are also used for medicines and dyes. • Plants are the ultimate food source for nearly all animals.

21. Examples Vascular Plants Nonvascular Plants Liverwort Mosses Hornwort • Trees such as pine trees, oak trees, and apple trees. • Grasses such as Kentucky Blue Grass and bamboo. • Flowers such as roses, daffodils, and peonies. • Herbs and vegetables such as rosemary, dill, and carrots.

22. V. Animals • animals are the most ___complex____ organism on the ____planet________. • Animals_____ must eat other organisms to __survive_______. • animals can not _make___ their own _food_____, they do not contain ___chloroplast______ • animals are able to ___move__around and most have some type of __sense organs_________. • because they have __sense organs_____ they have a ____nervous system_________ • Animals are classified as __vertebrates______ or invertebrates

23. Role in the Environment • animals are a source of food. • animals are used for recreation and labor. • animals are used for clothing.

27. . Invertebrates: animals with no _backbone_, about ___97%____ of the animals are invertebrates

29. Vertebrates: animals with a __backbone__