Five Kingdoms
| Kingdom | Characteristics | Examples | |||
| Monera | Prokaryotic Cells-no nucleus Chromosome is a single circle of DNA |
bacteria, blue-green algae | |||
| Protista | Eukaryotic Cells-nucleusl ive in fresh or marine water | protozoans, unicellular and multicellular algae | |||
| Fungi | multicellular - heterotrophs -- reproduce from spores | mushrooms | |||
| Plantae | multicellular - mostly autotrophs, have chlorophyll, make seeds in female plant tissue |
land plants | |||
| Anamalia | multicellular - heterotrophs, no chlorophyll, cell membranes, not walls. Embryo develops from blastula. | fish, frogs, reptiles, birds, mammals |