50 EXPERIMENTS –THE LIVING WORLD

Author: Tatjana Mihajilov-Krstev

Rights sold in: China, Colombia, Russia

21x24 cm, 96 pp, full colour, paperback

2. FIVE KINGDOMS

Scientists have grouped living beings in various ways, always according to some similarities. One of those ways is grouping them in five kingdoms.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

1. See what kind of organisms belong to each kingdom.

2. Enter the names of the beings from the description in the corresponding kingdom. Then, check on the page XXX if they are in the right place.

MONERA Bacteria and archaea (organisms that live in extreme environmental conditions)

PROTISTI Alagae, protozoans (amoebae, flagellates, ciliates and sporeforming protozoans) and fungus-like organisms (water molds and slime molds)

FUNGI Yeasts (one-cell) and mushrooms (multi-cell) organisms

PLANTAE Horsetail, moss, fern, gymnosperms and angiosperms (flowering plants)

ANIMALIA Invertebrates (sponges, coelenterates, worms, arthropods, mollusks and echinoderms) and vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals)

Solution

Monera: Salmonella; Protisti: Trypanosoma; Fungi: Fly agaric; Plantae: Basil, Ginkgo, Shy plant; Animalia: Dog, Fire salamander, Hermann’s tortoise, Termites, Hummingbird,