Kingdoms Of Life Flashcards
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What are the five kingdoms
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Monera, fungi, protista, plantae and animalia.
2
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Monera features
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No nucleus or membrane bound organelles
Microscopic and single celled
Reproduce asexually
3
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Fungi features
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Absorb their food from outside
Composed of multicelled hyphae which form mycelia
Walls made of chitin
Reproduce by spores
4
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Examples of fungi
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Mushrooms, moulds, mildews, yeasts.
5
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Protists features
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Have a true nucleus
Single celled or multicelled organisms.
6
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Protists examples
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Plankton, seaweed, amoeba, slime moulds.
7
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Plants
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Complex and multicellular Make own food-photynthesis Have cellulose cell walls Have large vacuoles in cells Don't move Reproduce sexually and asexually
8
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Plant examples
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Mosses, ferns, seed-producing plants.
9
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Animals features
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No cell walls
Multicellular, take in their food (heterotrophic)
Have nervous + muscular systems
Reproduce sexually
Have small motile sperm and large non-motile eggs.
