Six Kingdoms Chart
| Archaebacteria | Eubacteria | Protista | Fungi | Plantae | Animalia | |
| Cell Type | Prokaryote | Prokaryote | Eukaryote | Eukaryote | Eukaryote | Eukaryote |
| Cell Structure | Cell wall and no peptidoglycan | Cell wall with peptidoglycan | Mixed | Cell wall | Cell wall | No cell wall |
| Body Form/Type |
Unicellular (one cell) |
Unicellular | Most unicellular | Multicellular except yeast | Multicellular | Multicellular |
| Method of Nutrition | Autotrophic and heterotrophic | Autotrophic and heterotrophic | Autotrophic and heterotrophic | Heterotrophic -by means of absorption |
Autotrophic -by means of photosynthesis |
Heterotrophic -by means of ingestion |
| Does it have complex organ systems? | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Examples | Bacteria | Bacteria and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) | Amoeba, algae, slime molds, paramecium | Mushrooms, yeast, mold, mildew | Trees, grasses, flowering plants | Human, fish, insects |
Vocabulary:
1. prokaryote: no nucleus
2. eukaryote: have a nucleus
3. peptidoglycan: carbohydrates that fill the outside layer of the plasma membrane
4. autotrophic: when an organism captures energy from sunlight or chemicals and uses it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds (producer)
5. heterotrophic: when an organism obtains energy from foods it consumes (consumer)