10.2 The Five Kingdoms

Question 1

What are the five kingdoms?

Answer 1

Prokaryotae
Protoctista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia

Question 2

What are the general features of Prokaryote?

Answer 2

• uni cellular
• no membrane bound organelles
• no visible feeding mechanisms nutrients are absorbed through the cell wall or produced internally by photosynthesis

Question 3

What are the general features of protoctista?

Answer 3

• mainly unicellular but can be multicellular
• a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles
• some have chloroplasts