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ANIMALIA
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EUBACTERIA
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FUNGI
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PLANTAE
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ARCHAEBACTERIA
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PROTISTA
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Kingdoms
of Life
Copyright © 2014 Travis Terry
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When classifying organisms, these
four questions are applied:
Is there a nucleus present?
PROKARYOTIC or EUKARYOTIC
How many cells does the organism have?
UNICELLULAR or MULTICELLULAR or BOTH
How does the organism obtain its energy?
AUTOTROPHIC or HETEROTROHIC or BOTH
How does the organism reproduce?
ASEXUAL or SEXUAL or BOTH
TAXONOMY
Taxonomy is the science of naming,
describing, and classifying of organisms.
In the 1700s, Carolus Linnaeus created a
naming system to classify living things.
He grouped organisms by their visible
traits and gave them two-part names.
This is called ‘binomial nomenclature’.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle was the
first person known to classify organisms
scientifically. He only classified things as
plants or animals. This classification
system lasted for almost 2000 years.
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ANIMALIA
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EUBACTERIA
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FUNGI
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PLANTAE
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ARCHAEBACTERIA
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PROTISTA
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Kingdoms
of Life
Copyright © 2014 Travis Terry
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Fo
ld a
nd
glu
e t
his
sid
e d
ow
n!
When classifying organisms, these
four questions are applied:
Is there a nucleus present?
PROKARYOTIC or EUKARYOTIC
How many cells does the organism have?
UNICELLULAR or MULTICELLULAR or BOTH
How does the organism obtain its energy?
AUTOTROPHIC or HETEROTROHIC or BOTH
How does the organism reproduce?
ASEXUAL or SEXUAL or BOTH
TAXONOMY
Taxonomy is the science of naming,
describing, and classifying of organisms.
In the 1700s, Carolus Linnaeus created a
naming system to classify living things.
He grouped organisms by their visible
traits and gave them two-part names.
This is called ‘binomial nomenclature’.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle was the
first person known to classify organisms
scientifically. He only classified things as
plants or animals. This classification
system lasted for almost 2000 years.
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ANIMALIA
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EUBACTERIA
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FUNGI
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PLANTAE
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ARCHAEBACTERIA
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PROTISTA
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Kingdoms
of Life
Copyright © 2014 Travis Terry
Eukaryote
Multicellular
Heterotrophic
Sexual
Eukaryote
Multicellular
Autotrophic
Asexual & Sexual
Eukaryote
Uni & Multicellular
Auto & Heterotrophic
Asexual & Sexual
Eukaryote
Uni & Multicellular
Heterotrophic
Asexual & Sexual
Prokaryote
Unicellular
Auto & Heterotrophic
Asexual
Ancient & live in
extreme environments
Prokaryote
Unicellular
Auto & Heterotrophic
Asexual
Modern & live in
normal environments