Flashcards: Six Kingdoms of Life
All 8 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Protists | literally means "the very first". Eukaryotes. This is a catch all term for animal-like, fungi-like, and plant-like mostly single-celled organisms. |
| Fungi | mushrooms, molds, yeast Eukaryotes |
| Animal | kingdom with the most species Eukaryotes examples include sponges, jellyfish, birds, fish, mammals, insects |
| Archaebacteria | Prokaryotes can be found anywhere, but can live in harsh conditions like boiling mud pots and the ocean floor |
| Eubacteria | Prokaryotes "true" this kingdom of organism is found in every habitat on earth |
| Plant | includes vascular (trees, flowers) and nonvascular (mosses, ferns) |
| Eubacteria | "true bacteria" |
| Archaebacteria | "ancient bacteria" |