What is Classification?
Dividing organisms into groups depending on what they look like
What are Kingdoms?
The largest groups in classification
What are Genius and Species?
The last two groups in Classification
What are domains?
A new way of classifying organisms
Name the 5 kingdoms
Animals - Plants - Fungi - Protists - Prokaryotes
Features of animals
Multicellular, cells have nuclei and no cell walls
Features of plants
Multicellular - have chloroplasts for photosynthesis - cells have nuclei - cellulose cell walls
Features of fungi
Multicellular - live in or on the dead matter on which they feed - cells have nuclei - have cell walls
Features of protists
Mostly unicellular - cells have nuclei - some have cell wall
Features of prokaryotes
Unicellular - cells don’t have nuclei - flexible cell walls
What is the order of classification?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What is the three-domain system?
Bacteria - Archea - Eukarya
Features of Bacteria
No nucleus, no unused sections of DNA
Features of Archea
No nucleus, genes contain unused sections of DNA
Features of Eukarya
No nucleus, unused sections in genes
