They can live in ALMOST any enviroment (soil, air water and even your body)
They use sunlight to make their own food.
They often live in extreme conditions (for example in volcanic vents).
They can causes diseases but some break down dead organisms (natural recyclers).
They are classified by their shapes (rods, spheres, or spirals).
They do NOT make their own food.
Some RESEMBLE plants and others animals.
The first division of this group is called a phylum.
Some are classified by WHERE they are found.
Classes are divided into orders, then families and then genera and finally species.
Mosty unicellular microbes, microscopic organisms and multicellular organisms.
They are divided into vascular and nonvascular (veins or tubes in roots, stems, and leaves).
