characteristic of each kingdom of classification

Question 1

What are the

general features of

prokaryotae?

Answer 1

• Unicellular
• No nucleus or membrane bound organelles
• A ring of naked DNA
• No feeding mechanism (nutrients absorbed or created through photosynthesis)

Question 2

What are the

general features of

protoctista?

Answer 2

• Mainly unicellular - Nucleus and membrane bound organelles
• Some have chlorosplasts
• Some sessile, others have cilia or flagella or move through amoeboid mechanisms
• Nutrients aquired either by photosynthesis, ingesting of other organisms or both. Some are parasitic

Question 3

What are the

general features of

fungi

Answer 3

• Unicellular or multicellular - A nucleus and membrane bound organelles
• A cell wall made of chitin
• No chloroplasts of chlorophyll - No mechanisms for locomotion
• Body or mycelium made of threads or hyphae
• Saprotrophic (absorb nutrients mainly from decaying material) Some are parasitic
• Most store food as glycogen

Question 4

What are the

general features of

plantae?

Answer 4

• Multicellular - A nucleus and membrane bound organelles
• Cell wall made from cellulose
• All contain chlorophyll
• Do not move (some gametes have cilia or flagella)
• Autotrophic (nutrients created through photosynthesis)
• Store food as starch

Question 5

What are the general features of animalia

Answer 5

• Multicellular - A nucleus and membrane bound organelles
• No cell wall
• No chloroplasts
• Move using cilia, flagella or contractile proteins (sometimes in the form of muscular organs
  ) - Heterotrophic (nutrients acquired by ingestion)
• Store food as glycogen