Diversity of living things

Question 1

Animals have the following general characteristics:

Answer 1

• Eukaryotic
• Multicellular
• Heterotrophic
• Most reproduce sexually
• Live in terrestrial or aquatic habitats
• Most have a method of movement

Question 2

Plants have the following general characteristics:

Answer 2

• Eukaryotic
• Multicellular
• Autotrophic (can photosynthesize to make their own food)
• Reproduce asexually and sexually
• Most are terrestrial, have roots, and are stationary
• Have cell walls (made of a carbohydrate called cellulose)

Question 3

Fungi have the following general characteristics:

Answer 3

• Eukaryotic
• Mostly multicellular
• Heterotrophic
• Reproduce asexually and sexually
• Most are terrestrial, do not have roots, and are stationary
• Have cell walls (often made of a carbohydrate called chitin)
• Some examples of fungi include: mushrooms, bread mould, yeast, truffles, & athletes foot.

Question 4

Members of the Protista Kingdom all share the following general characteristics:

Answer 4

Single celled organisms (but some can act like multi-celled things)
Eukaryotic (meaning they have a nucleus inside their cells)
Most contain vacuoles, mitochondria and some contain chloroplasts
Reproduce by binary fission and/or conjugation (just like Archaea and Bacteria do).
Prefer to live in moist areas (e.g. water, animal fluids, damp soil).

Question 5

Members of the Archea Kingdom all share the following general characteristics:

Answer 5

prokaryotic & single-celled.
autotrophs,heterotrophs,chemoautotrophs
aerobic,anaerobic
binary fission
conjugation
Not yet found to create endospores.
extremophiles

Question 6

Members of the bacteria Kingdom all share the following general characteristics:

Answer 6

prokaryotic & single-celled.
autotrophs,heterotrophs,chemoautotrophs
aerobic,anaerobic
mesophiles
binary fission
conjugation
If the environment threatens survival, some can form endospores