Variety of Living Organisms

What are the Levels of classification

kingdom → phylum → class → order → family → genus → species

As we go down the levels of Classification, the more similar the organisms get as they are getting more closer to each other

Genus &Species

The genus and the species make up an organism’s binomial name (specific name). Binomial names are written in italics

What are the 5 Kingdoms

• Animals

• Plants -

• Fungi -

• Protoctists

• Prokaryotes

What are some examples for Animals?

• cats, dogs, beetles, birds, lions etc..

What are some examples for Plants?

roses, apple trees, types of grass, mango trees, grape vines, etc.

What are some examples for Fungi?

mushroom, mould, etc.

What are some examples for Protoctist?

• Amoeba

• Plasmodium

• Chlorella

• Paramecuim

What are some examples for Prokaryotes?

• Bacteria

• Lactobacillus

• Tuberculosis bacterium

• Salmonella( causes by a bacterium)

Why aren’t Viruses Considered Living?

Viruses are not considered living,
To reproduce, viruses must infect a host cell to make copies of themselves, meaning that they cannot do it independently. Also, they do not carry out metabolism such as respiration, growth or use of energy like living cells. From this, we can conclude that viruses are not living as they do not fulfil all life processes

Give some examples of Viruses

• Influenza(flu)

• HIV( human immune deficiency)

• Measles

• AIDS( acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)

Give some examples of Eukaryotic Organisms

• Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protoctists

They all include their nucleus( also known as Membrane-bound nucleus)

Why aren’t Prokaryotic Organisms considered EUKARYOTIC?

• Prokaryotic Organisms include bacteria, these organisms don’t have cells therefore they don’t have a nucleus

What does Autotrophic mean?

An organism hat makes its own food, turning inorganic compounds into organic compounds

What does Heterotrophic mean

They get their own nutritiono from feeding on other organism such as us humans, and animals