How Organisms

are Classified
Chapter 2 Section 2
 Classifying
 Living Things more alike than
like non living things
 Kingdoms: Groups classifying

living things
 Plants, Animal, Protist, Fungi
and Monera
 Classifying
 Classified based on similarities
 Taxonomy: Science of

classifying living things based

on features
 The Plant Kingdom
 Examples: Grasses, trees,
ferns, mosses, & flowers
 Don’t move, make food using

sunlight
 Many cells: divided into

tissues and organs

 The Animal Kingdom
 Examples: Dogs, Turtles,

Fish, Coral, Sponges, &

insects
 Cannot make food; eat

other living things

 The Animal Kingdom
 Move to capture food;

moving also helps w/

shelter, escaping danger &
mating
 Many cells: tissues &

organs
 The Protist Kingdom
 Microorganisms:
Organisms too small to be
seen w/o a microscope
 Did not fit well into either

plant or animal kingdom

 The Protist Kingdom
 Most only one cell

 Some make food/ others

absorb outside food sources

 The Protist Kingdom
 Plant like Protist:

 Algae, Seaweed, pond scum

 Algae: Versatile
Live in lakes, streams, ponds
& oceans
Produce O for Water
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 The Protist Kingdom
 Protozoan
Animal like
Some with animal and plant like

properties
Live in water, soil, & animals
 The Protist Kingdom
 Protozoan(cont.)

 Most harmless, but some cause

infections
Giarda and Plasmodia(Malaria)
 Move to get food: flagella, cilia,
pseudopod
 The Protist Kingdom
Examples

 Eulena: Animal/Plant Traits

 The Protist Kingdom
Examples

 Paramecium: Animal Traits

 The Protist Kingdom
Examples

 Paramecium: Animal Traits

 The Fungi Kingdom
 An organism that has many

cells and decompses material

for its food
 Single: fungus
 Many cells
 Do not move, Do not make

food
 The Fungi Kingdom
 Important for ecosystems

 Decompose (breakdown) dead

plants and animals
 Some can be a parasite
 Absorbs food from living
organism and harms it
 Ringworm, Athlete’s foot
 The Monera Kingdom
 Monera = Alone

One kind of organism: Bacteria

One celled

Some move, Some make food

Do Not have organelles

Examples: Strep, E. coli