Domains and Kingdom

What are the 3 domains?

bacteria, archaea, eukarya

What are the six kingdoms?

eubacteria, archaebacteria, protists, fungi, plants, animals

What are the characteristics used to place organisms into domains and kingdoms?

cell type (prokaryote, eukaryote), cell organization (unicellular, multicellular) how nutrients are obtained (autotroph, heterotroph) do they have a cell wall, trophic level in food chain (producer, consumer, decomposer)

What are the characteristics of domain - bacteria?

most common bacteria, prokaryote, unicellular, can be autotroph/heterotroph, some have cell wall, producers/decomposers/parasites

What are the characteristics of domain - archaea?

prokaryote, unicellular, can be autotroph/heterotroph, some have cell wall, live in extreme conditions

What are the characteristics of domain - eukarya?

eukaryote

what are the 4 kingdoms of the domain eukarya?

protists, fungi, plants, animals

What are the characteristics of kingdom - protists?

eukaryotes, unicellular/multicellular, autotroph/heterotroph, some have cell wall, consumers/producers/decomposers

What are the characteristics of kingdom - fungi?

eukaryotes, most multicellular, heterotroph, cell walls, decomposers

What are the characteristics of kingdom - plantae?

eukaryote, multicellular, autotrophs, cell walls, producers,

What are the characteristics of kingdom - animana

eukaryote, multicellular, heterotroph, no cell wall, consumers

what is an eukaryote?

an organism with cells characteristic of all life that forms except bacterias

what is a prokaryote?

unicellular organisms having cells lacking membrane - bound nuclei

what is an unicellular?

having or consisting of a single cell

what is a multicellular?

consisting of many cells

what is a heterotroph?

organism that can't make its own food

what is an autotroph?

organism that can make its own food using light or chemical energy

what is a producer?

produces nutrients for consumers

what is a consumer?

organism that eats other organisms for food