Kingdom of Life

Question 1

5 kingdoms of life

Answer 1

animals, plant, fungi, protoctists, bacteria

Question 2

are viruses living organisms?

Answer 2

no, therefore they are not in the kingdoms of life

Question 3

name the 4 eukaryotes

Answer 3

animals, plants, fungi, protoctists

Question 4

eukaryotes

Answer 4

made of eukaryotic cells, their DNA is in the form of chromosomes and found in a nucleus

Question 5

prokaryotes

Answer 5

prokaryotic organisms don’t have a nucleus their DNA is loose in the cell. they are between 10-100 times smaller than eukaryotes

Question 6

animals (4)

Answer 6

• there are somewhere between 5-10 million species
• multicellular
• heterotrophs
• reproduce sexually

Question 7

heterotrophs

Answer 7

when animals get their energy from other organisms ege. eating plants and animals

Question 8

multicellular

Answer 8

made of loads of cells

Question 9

plants

Answer 9

around 300 000 species
multicellular
autotrophs

Question 10

autotrophs

Answer 10

organisms that get their energy from the sun

Question 11

features of fungi

Answer 11

• some are multicellular and some are unicellular
• can’t photosynthesize
• saprotrophs
• some multicellular fungi have a body called a mycelium
• some can be considered pathogens

Question 12

saprotrophs

Answer 12

organisms do digestion outside of their body by secreting digestive fluids to break down the food then absorbing the nutrients

Question 13

mycelium

Answer 13

made up of loads of little thread-like structures called hyphre

Question 14

protoctists

Answer 14

1. most are unicellular
2. some have chloroplasts, allowing them to photosynthesise (chlorella, euglena)
3. some species are heterotrophs (amoeba)
4. a few count as pathogens (plasmodium causes malaria)

Question 15

bacteria (5)

Answer 15

1. single celled organisms
2. some species can photosynthesise
3. none have chloroplasts
4. most are heterotrophs
5. few can cause disease (salmonella - food poisoning)

Question 16

viruses (5)

Answer 16

1. super tiny particles
2. don’t count as cells
3. protein coat outside, genetic material inside
4. they can only reproduce inside living cells - parasites
5. all viruses are pathogens (influenza virus, tobacco mosaic virus, HIV, covid-19)