5 Kingdom Classification

• Prokaryotes have no nucleus while eukaryotes do.
• King Monera consists of unicellular, prokaryotic organisms like bacteria, without a defined nucleus or membrane-bound organelles.
• Kingdom Protista is also called Kingdom Protoctista.
• kingdom Protista consists of mostlyunicellular, eukaryotic organisms, including green autotrophic organisms and non-green heterotrophic organisms.
• Autotrophic green protists include chlamydomonas. Non-green heterotrophic protists include Euglena, Amoeba, and Paramecium.
• Pandorina is an example of a multi-cellular photosynthetic protist.
• Achlorophyllous means anything devoid of chlorophyll.
• Saprophytic means obtaining food by absorbing dissolved organic matter.
• Kingdom Fungi consists of multicellular, eukaryotic, achlorophyllous, and saprophytic organisms.
• Fungi are mostly made up of thread-like hyphae instead of cells and have several nuclei in their cytoplasm.
• Examples of fungi include bread mold, toadstools, penicillium, and yeast