Kingdoms
Definition - the second highest taxonomic rank below domain and are divided into smaller groups called phyla
There are four main kingdoms and they are...
1) Protista
2) fungi
3) Plantae
4) animalia
There are four main kingdoms and they are...
1) Protista
- eukaryotic cells
- unicellular or colonial
- motile
- autotrophic and heterotrophic
- mostly asexual reproduction
- known as "catch-all"
2) fungi
- eukaryotic cells
- unicellular, colonial, or multicellular
- non motile
- decomposers
- sexual and asexual reproduction
- spore formers
3) Plantae
- Eukaryotic cells
- multicellular
- non motile
- autotrophic
- sexual and asexual reproduction
- mostly on land
4) animalia
- eukaryotic cells
- multicellular
- motile
- heterotrophic
- sexual and asexual reproduction
- largest group is anthropods = 70% of all animals