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    Week 3: Classification of Living things

    Kingdom Protista
    1. They are unicellular.
    2. They have true nucleus (eukaryotic).
    3. They include:
    a) Phylum Protophyta (plant-like): Examples are
    chlamydomonas, diatoms and chlorella. They have cellulose cell
    wall and chloroplast.
    b) Phylum Protozoa (animal like): They are animal-like because
    they feed on ready-made food and have no cellulose cell walls.
    They include:
    i. Class Rhizopoda: moves by means of pseudopodia, e.g. is
    amoeba.
    ii. Class Ciliophora: moves by means of cilia. E.g. is
    Paramecium
    iii. Class Mastigophora: moves by means of flagella e.g
    Trichomonsas
    iv. Class Sporozoa e.g Plasmodium. They have no organelle
    used for locomotion.
    EUGLENA
    Euglena is a protist and a typical example of an organism
    sharing both the characteristics of plants and animals. However,
    it is a microscopic, unicellular and aquatic organism.

    Animal Characteristics of Euglena


    Characteristics of Euglena which makes it an animal include:
    i. Possession of flagellum used for movement
    ii. Possession of gullet for passage of food and as reservoir
    iii. Possession of contractile vacuole used for excretion
    vi. Presence of eye spot to enable it to respond to light
    v. Possession of pellicle which make its body flexible
    vi. Presence of myonemes which do aid movement
    Plant Characteristics of Euglena
    i. Possession of chloroplast enables it to carry out
    photosynthesis
    ii. Possession of pyrenoids where starch is stored
    iii. Presence of paramylum granules forms in which starch is
    stored.
    iv. It has holophytic (autotrophic) mode of nutrition.
    Kingdom Fungi
    1. They do not possess chlorophyll.
    2. Most fungi are saprophytes.
    3. Some are unicellular (yeast) while others are multicellular
    (moulds).
    4. Their body have branch like structures (called hyphae, made
    up of chitin) which form mycelium.
    5. They reproduces by spores (asexually) and sexually.
    6. They include bread moulds, slime moulds, toadstools and
    mushrooms.
    Economic importance of fungi
    Fungi harm us in these ways:
    i. They spoil food.
    ii. They cause diseases, especially in crop plants.
    Fungi are also useful:
    1. They are important decomposers.
    2. They are used in making of wine and baking.
    3. Some antibiotics are produced from fungi.
    4. Some mushroom are edible.
    Assignment:
    Draw and label paramecium.
    Kingdom Plantae
    Plants are non-motile multicellular organisms whose cells have
    cellulose cell walls and chloroplast which enable it to make their
    food by photosynthesis.
    Characteristics
    1. They are multicellular non-motile organisms.
    2. The cells are bounded by rigid cellulose cell walls, external to
    the cell membrane.
    3. They contain chlorophyll used for photosynthesis.
    4. They store carbohydrates as starch or sucrose.
    Kingdom plantae are divided into three Division: thallophyta,
    Bryophyta and tracheophyta (Sub-kingdom).

    Division Thallophyta
    1. They are simple plants without roots, stem and leaves.
    2. Some are unicellular e.g. chlamydomonas while others are
    multicellular e.g. spirogyra.
    3. They are mostly aquatic.
    4. They have chlorophyll. Some have blue, yellow brown and
    red pigments which mask the chlorophyll.
    5. They have no specialized reproductive organ. Examples are
    spirogyra, volvox, seaweeds etc.
    Division Bryophyta
    These are simple plants that commonly grow in damp places on
    land. They possess simple leaves and rhizoids in place of roots
    e.g. moss and liverwort. Asexual reproduction is by spores while
    sexual reproduction is by gametes.
    Assignment
    Mention any three similarities and differences between the
    thallophyta and the bryophyta.

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