Plants, Animals & Fungi

Question 1

State and explain the 5 characteristics of Plants.
Include examples.

Answer 1

1) Multicellular

2) Have chloroplasts, so photosynthesise

3) Cell wall made of cellulose

4) store carbs as starch or sucrose

5) eg: cereals + herbaceous legumes

Question 2

Provide and evaluate the 7 characteristics of Animals.
Give examples.

Answer 2

1) Multicellular

2) No chloroplasts, no photosynthesis

3) No cell wall

4) Most have nervous coordination to respond rapidly to changes in environment

5) Move from one place to another

6) Store carbs as glycogen

7) eg: Mammals + Insects

Question 3

State and explain the 7 characteristics of Fungi.
Include examples.

Answer 3

1) Some single celled

2) others have body called mycelium, which is made up of hyphae, which contains lots of nuclei

3) No photosynthesis

4) Cell wall made of chittin

5) Most feed of saprotrophic nutrition, they secrete extracullar enzymes into area outside of body to dissolve food so they can absorb nutrients

6) Store carbs as glycogen

7) eg: yeast + mucor