Lessons in this chapter
- 1Why Biological Classification ChangedUnderstand why two kingdoms were inadequate and how five-kingdom classification uses cellular, nutritional and evolutionary criteria.
- 2Kingdom Monera: Bacterial Shapes and ArchaeaStudy bacterial shapes, prokaryotic structure, habitats and the distinctive biology of archaea.
- 3Eubacteria, Cyanobacteria and MycoplasmaHow common bacteria make food, recycle nutrients, reproduce and interact with living organisms.
- 4Kingdom Protista: Diatoms, Dinoflagellates and EuglenoidsUnderstand major photosynthetic and mixotrophic protists through their cell structures and ecological roles.
- 5Slime Moulds and Major Protozoan GroupsExplore how slime moulds and heterotrophic protists move, feed, disperse and sometimes cause disease.
- 6Kingdom Fungi: Hyphae, Nutrition and ReproductionUnderstand fungal cell structure, methods of absorbing nutrients, symbiotic relationships and the sequence of sexual reproduction.
- 7Fungal Groups: Phycomycetes to DeuteromycetesCompare four traditional fungal groups by hyphal structure, spores, sexual processes, habitats and familiar species.
- 8Kingdom Plantae, Animalia and Alternation of GenerationsCompare plants and animals and understand how haploid and diploid phases alternate during plant life cycles.
- 9Viruses, Viroids, Prions and LichensDistinguish acellular infectious agents and discover how fungal–photosynthetic partnerships form lichens.
- 10Chapter Summary and PracticeReview five-kingdom classification, prokaryotes, protists, fungal reproduction, plant and animal traits, and acellular agents.