Variation and classification - The five kingdoms
The first big division of living things in the classification system is to put them into one of five kingdoms. These are based on what an organism's cells are like. The table shows the names of the kingdoms and examples of the sort of organisms they contain.
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Protoctists  |
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Prokaryotes  |
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Fungi  |
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Plants  |
All green plants, including: Algae, ferns and mosses (plants that do not produce seeds) Conifers and flowering plants (plants that do produce seeds) |
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Animals  |
All multicellular animals, including: jellyfish, worms, arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms, fish, amphibia, reptiles, birds and mammals |
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