The Five (5) Kingdom system of classification in a side show. Ideal resource for teachers of classes 9 & 11 in India. Makes it easier for teachers to teach and students to understand.

1. Diversity of Living Things
•Classification
•The Five Kingdoms

2. • Methods of grouping
things according to
similarities and
differences (ex.
colour, age, size)
• Sorting things into
groups helps put
order into our lives.

3. 5 Kingdoms

4. The Five Kingdom classification of living
organisms :-
Organisms
Prokaryotes Eukaryotes
Monera
Unicellular
Protista
With cell wall
Do not perform
photosynthesis
Fungi
Able to perform
photosynthesis
Plantae
Multicellular
Without cell wall
Animalia

5. Kingdom MoneraKingdom Monera
 Simplest forms of lifeSimplest forms of life
 ProraryotesProraryotes
 Always UnicellularAlways Unicellular
 These include bacteria andThese include bacteria and
cyanobacteria (blue greencyanobacteria (blue green
algae)algae)
 They can be found in a varietyThey can be found in a variety
of habitats like soil, air, waterof habitats like soil, air, water
etc.etc.

6. ExamplesExamples
Staphylococcus aureus
means "golden cluster seed"
in Latin
E. Coli

7. Kingdom ProtistaKingdom Protista
 Single CelledSingle Celled
 EukaryotesEukaryotes
 Examples are:Examples are:
Paramecium, AmoebaParamecium, Amoeba
Amoeba

8. ExamplesExamples
Paramecium

9. Kingdom Fungi
• Are Non green
• Cannot make their
own food
• Mushrooms, yeasts,
moulds are all forms
of fungi
• They breakdown
dead animal and plant
remains
• Important
decomposers

10. The Plant Kingdom
• Second largest group
of living things on
earth
• Can grow almost
anywhere there is
light and water
• Trap energy from the
sun and make their
own food
• Examples are ferns,
evergreens, roses

11. Plant Kingdom

12. Examples of Plantae

14. The Animal Kingdom
• Largest group of living
things on earth
• Cannot make their own
food
• More than a million
different kinds of
species
• Able to move
• Examples; insects
mammals, amphibians

17. Chordates