Six Kingdoms Classification Project

Your mission is to fill out the "Six Kingdoms of Life" chart (handout). For each of the six kingdoms fill in "yes" or "no" in each column based on the characteristic listed at the top of the column.

Remember kingdoms have many different species in them so some kingdoms might have organisms that have different forms of a characteristic listed. For example in Kingdom Animalia there are both Herbivores and Carnivores, so you'd put a "yes" in both of those columns for Animalia.

While you may work together at the computers be careful to do your own work on your chart. Don't just put what someone else has because they have it... you must confirm the accuracy of your research from a reputable source (see below) rather than just from your friend in class.

In order to fill out your chart you can use information sources such as your class notes, the AGS Biology Text Chapter 15 Pp. 457-500 and the websites listed below.

The Six Kingdoms

http://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/six_kingdoms/index.htm   

http://archives.microbeworld.org/microbes/types.aspx

http://biology.about.com/od/evolution/a/aa091004a.htm

http://www.earthlife.net/kingdom.html


Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic 

http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/fancher/prokeuk.htm


http://tami-port.suite101.com/prokaryotic-and-eukaryotic-cells-a32332

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Prokaryote

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Eukaryote


Autotroph vs. Heterotroph 


http://www.buzzle.com/articles/autotrophs-and-heterotrophs.html

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Autotroph

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Heterotroph

Herbivores, Carnivores and Decomposers

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-a-herbivore.html

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-a-carnivore.html

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-a-decomposer.html



Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction 

(Background) http://msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/lc/organ/5/lco5_5a.html

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Asexual_reproduction

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Sexual_reproduction