| Question | Answer |
| What does Micro mean? | Small |
| What does Organism mean? | Living things |
| What are kingdoms? | Scientists divide all living things into groups. They are small groups that have similar characteristics (such as getting energy, reproduction, and structures.) |
| How many kingdoms are there? | 6 |
| What are the names of the kingdoms? | Animal, plant, fungi, protist, archaea, bacteria |
| What would you find in the fungi kingdom? | Mushrooms, mold, and yeast |
| Which kingdoms are made of mostly microscopic organisms and are mostly single celled? | Protist, Bacteria, Archaea |
| Describe Bacteria | Simplest kind of life
One cell without nucleus
Are producers, consumers, and decomposers |
| How can bacteria be helpful? | Breakdown dead organisms
Breakdown waste materials
Clean up oil spills
Convert Nitrogen |
| How can becteria be harmful? | Cause diseases in humans
Cause diseases in plants
Cause diseases in animals |
| Describe protist | Cells with nucleus
Most diverse
Plantlike (plankton)
Animal like (Protozoa)
Fungus like (slime mold)
Are producers, consumers, and decomposers |
| Which kingdoms don't have nucleus? | Bacteria and Archaea |
