Ms. Bogdan's Kingdom Classification Activity

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Your job if you choose to accept it… Is to research your Kingdom that was selected by your group member and complete a classification worksheet.  You will then place the information found on a poster that answers the following characteristics (see below). This poster will be presented to your classmates so you will want to do your best work. 

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Questions to answer: 

  1. Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic
  2. Autotroph or Heterotroph
  3. Major characteristics (color, size, shape,locomotion(does it move?), nourishment (what does it eat?)
  4. Health issues with kingdom
  5. Man’s use
  6. Examples of kingdom (color pictures)

Once this activity is completed you should be able to identify organisms based on their major characteristics  If you need to review kingdom classification before you begin your research you may look at the following websites.  These websites may also be used to help you fill in your Classification chart:

Life Classification

Classification II - scroll to 17.3

Diversity of Life

Eukaryotic Systematics

Table of Kingdoms

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