Exploratour - Life in the Solar System

Polar Bear
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Image courtesy of Corel Photography

To read more about it, try the Life on Earth Exploratour,

Or link to our section on life where you can read about Animalia, Fungi, Monera, Protista, and

Earth is teeming with life. The table below gives a brief overview of life on Earth, catagorized the way biologists catagorize life on Earth.

The Animal Kingdom

  • mammals
    • elephants, rodents, etc
  • arthropods
    • insects, crabs
  • reptiles
is multi-cellular and complex

The Monera Kingdom

  • bacteria
  • archaea
is procaryotic; unicellular, no membrane-bound organelle nor nuclei.

The Plant Kingdom

  • trees, flowers, etc
varies from multi-cellular to eucaryotic; unicellular, with membrane-bound organelle and nuclei

The Protista Kingdom

  • Amoeba, etc.
Protists can be unicellular, multicellular or colonial. Some move around and act like animals, others perform photosynthesis like plants

The Fungi Kingdom

  • athletes foot, etc
resembles animals; cannot make its own food through photosynthesis; consumes organic matter.



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