Kingdom comparison Chart

Question 1

Bacteria

Answer 1

• unicellar
• Cell wall of peptidoglycan
  Gram + = thick - stain dark blue or violet - most pathogenic bacteriaGram - = thin - stain pink
• Mostly heterotrophic some autotrophic
• Asexual by binary fission
  Sexual by conjugation
• flagella, corsckrew motion
• Shapes- cocci, bacillus, spiral Grouping- diplo, strepto, staphylo
• E.coli

Example - E.coli

Question 2

Archaea

Answer 2

• unicellular
• if cellwall - NOT peptidoglycan
• heterophic
• Asexual by binary fission
  Sexual by conjugation
• flagella, corkscrew motion
• Extremophiles
• Thermophiles

Example - Thermophiles

Question 3

Protista

Answer 3

• unicellar or multicellar
• no cell wall
• Mostly heterotrophic, plant-like protists autotrophic
• Various reproduction
• some motile - cilia, flagella, pseudopods, cytoplasmic streaming
• Do not fit into other kingdoms
  Animal-like, Plant-like, Fungi-like

Example - Amoeba, Paramecium, Algae

Question 4

Fungi

Answer 4

• multicellar
• cell wall made of chitin
• heterophic or decomposers
• spores
• non-motile (sessile)
• reproductive structures above ground, made of hyphae. Underground network of mycelium

Examples - Mushroom, Moulds, yeasts

Question 5

Plantae

Answer 5

• Multicellar
• cell wall made of cellulose
• Autotrophic
• Spores (mosses/ferns), seeds in cones (confiers), seeds in fruits (angiosperms)
• Non-motile (sessile)
• 4 phyla
  mosses, ferns, conifers, angiosperms

Mosses, ferns, coniferous tree (pine tree), flowering plants and grasses

Question 6

Animalia

Answer 6

• multicellar
• no cell wall
• heterotrophic
• sexual reproduction
• motile
• 35 phyla
• invertebrates
• vertebrates
  complex organisms

Examples - anthropods (insects), starfish, snails, reptiles, amphibia