Rachel, Ruth and Katie's Biology Kingdoms Project Welcome to our rockin site! This site will offer an in-depth look into each of the biological kingdoms. The links on the left will become fully functional as each project part is due. You should be able to see pictures, fun links, intresting games, quizzes, and factual information! Take a look around, and have fun! Thanks for stopping by! Ruth Murray, Rachel Titlebaum, and Katie Test

Kingdoms

Bacteria

Monera are the only kingdom composed of prokaryotic organisms, they have a cell wall, and lack both membrane-bound organelles and multicellular forms. The Archaebacteria, the most ancient of this kingdom, are so different that they may belong to a separate kingdom. Other groups of Monera include the cyanobacteria (autotrophic) and eubacteria (heterotrophic).

Protista

The most ancient eukaryotic kingdom, protists include a variety of eukaryotic body (single-celled-colonial-multicellular?) and nutritional heterotrophic, autotrophic, and both) forms. Perhaps they are best defined as eukaryotes that are NOT fungi, animals, or plants.

Fungi

Fungi are a eukaryotic, heterotrophic, usually multicellular group having multinucleated cells enclosed in cells with cell walls. They obtain their energy by decomposing dead and dying organisms and absorbing their nutrients from those organisms. Some fungi also cause disease (yeast infections, rusts, and smuts), while others are useful in baking, brewing, as foods, drugs and sources for antibiotics.

Plantae

Plants are immobile, multicellular eukaryotes that produce their food by photosynthesis and have cells encased in cellulose cell walls. Plants are important sources of oxygen, food, and clothing/construction materials, as well as pigments, spices, dyes, and drugs.

Animalia

Animals are multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes that are capable of mobility at some stage during their lives, and that have cells lacking cell walls. Animals provide food, clothing, fats, scents, companionship, and labor.

About the authors: Ruth, Katie and Rachel are all seniors at Northwest School of the Arts and are making this page for our biology AP class taught by our favorite teacher, Mr. Booker! Ruth enjoys spending time finding food, playing keyboards in a metal band, being loved by all the boys and walking her dog Turnip, through the greek church parking lot. Ruth will be at Guilford College in the fall! Rachel enjoys looking at pictures of naked cats, and being jewish. She truly loves Arden B. Rachel will be going to Indiana University at Bloomington! Katie is our resident dinosaur lover, and if you mail her a toy dinosaur, she will be thrilled to peices. Katie also really likes Elon University where she will be attending in the fall. Our webmasters are all wonderful girls and love biology. PEACE OUT GET THE JOKE OF THE DAY!