Animal characteristics notes

1. Look at the following animals
and try to figure out what are 4
characteristics that all animal
have in common. I have
taken most of the pictures
myself.

26. Why is an animal
an animal?

27. The answer requires that we
look at examples of these
organisms at the level of the
basic unit of life……..

28. their cells.

30. Before we worry about animals,
we need to look at some other
organisms.
Bacteria are among the simplest
organisms.

31. Right: Streptococcus, the
bacteria that cause Strep
throat, are spherical in shape.
Each bacterium aligns with
others to form a chain.
These bacteria are
called Bacilli (singular:
Bacillus). Each one is
rod-shaped.

32. 5 Kingdoms
• Monera – true bacteria and blue-green
algae
• Protista - protozoans
• Plantae - plants
• Animalia - animals
• Fungi – mushrooms and fungi

33. Monera
• Monera are:
• Unicellular
• Prokaryotic
• Cell Walls
• Autotrophic

34. Protista
• Protista are:
• Unicellular
• Eukaryotic
• Autotrophic
• No cell walls

35. Fungi
• Fungi are:
• Multicellular
• Eukaryotic
• Cell Walls
• Heterotrophic

36. Plants are organisms that
are…..
Eukaryotic
Multicellular
Autotrophic
They have cell walls.

37. Kingdom Description
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Multicellular
• Eukaryotic
• Heterotrophic
• No cell walls