Module 10: Classification - Diversity in the Six Kingdoms

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Plants, animals, protists, fungi, archaebacteria, and eubacteria make up the six kingdoms. In this module, you will have the opportunity to take a closer look at diversity in the six kingdoms by studying microorganisms, plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates.

As you investigate diversity in the six kingdoms, you will learn how scientists improved medicine and treatments after discovering that certain microorganisms are responsible for diseases. This helped them gain a better understanding of viruses and bacteria. You will also examine the characteristics of invertebrates and vertebrates.

Getting Started

Getting Started IconThe Kingdom Animalia is categorized into vertebrates and invertebrates. Vertebrates are animals that contain a spinal cord and invertebrates lack a spinal cord. Learn about the distinction between invertebrates and vertebrates by watching the Incredible Invertebrates and Very Cool Vertebrates from Kratt Creatures on eMediaVASM. While you are watching the video clips, think about the similarities and differences between the different subphylums in the Kingdom Animalia.

Key Vocabulary


To view the definitions for these key vocabulary terms, visit the course glossary.

 

angiosperm Echinodermata nitrogen fixation
Annelida ectothermic nonvascular plant
Arthropoda endoskeleton omnivore
asymmetry endothermic osmosis
autotroph exoskeleton parasite
auxin fungi pasteurization
bacteria Gastropod phloem
bilateral symmetry germination phototropism
binary fission gravitropism Platyhelminthes
bivalve gymnosperm polyp
bony fish herbivore Porifera
bryophyte heterotroph protist
budding homeostasis radial symmetry
capillary action Koch’s postulates rhizoid
carnivore lateral line system spinal cord
cartilage lysogenic cycle sporangium
cartilaginous fish lytic cycle spore
Cephalopod medusa trilobite
Chelicerates microorganism vacuole
Cnidaria Mollusca vascular plant
conjugation molting vascular system
Crustacean mycorrhiza vegetative propagation
cytokinin Myriapod virus
detritivore Nemathelminthes xylem