what lives in mirror lake

Kingdom Fungi: (size: small to large)

Fungi are made of more than one cell.
They don’t move (sessile)
Mushrooms are fungi.
Fungi get their food from both the dead and the living.

Kingdom Monera: ( size: very small)

Cells lack nuclei
Some cells have chloroplasts some do not.
Absorb nutrients through cell wall or make food using photosynthesis
Most bacteria are friendly partners in ecology, not enemies.
Bacteria are responsible for infections and diseases including Lyme disease, strep throat and the plague

Kingdom Plantae: (small to very large)

All plants require sunlight to make food.
Plants have chloroplasts.
Most do not move.
Cells have walls and a nucleus.

Kingdom Protista: (size: small to very small)

Though protists are small some can be seen with the naked eye. A magnifying glass or dissecting microscope can reveal details.
Cells have nuclei.
They move using cilia, flagella or an amoeba-like flow.
Food comes from eating other organisms or through photosynthesis

Kingdom Animalia:(Size: small to very large.)

Cells have nuclei
Can be small as plankton or large as a whale
Are usually classified as either vertebrate or invertebrate.
Both the sponges and ducks in Mirror Lake are animals.

The organisms that appear of these pages are organized using the five kingdom system still popular in high school textbooks. Presently scientists believe that all of life that exists on earth had just three common ancestors representing three cell types: archaea, eubacteria/bacteria and eukarya. Source:

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99648.htm

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