Plants, Animals, Fungi

Question 1

Give two examples of plants

Answer 1

Cereals (maize)
Herbaceous legumes (peas and beans)

Question 2

How can animals be described

Answer 2

Multicellular
Don’t have chloroplasts and cannot photosynthesise
Cells don’t have cell walls
Have nervous coordination so they can respond quickly to changes in the environment
Can usually move around
Store carbohydrates as glycogen

Question 3

Give two examples of animals

Answer 3

Mammals (humans)

Insects (houseflies and mosquitoes)

Question 4

How can fungi be described?

Answer 4

Some are single-called
Others have a body called a mycelium, made up of hyphae (thread like structures) which contain lots of nuclei
Can't photosynthesise
Cells have cell walls made of chitin
Most feed by saprotrophic nutrition 
Can store carbohydrates as glycogen

Question 5

How can plants be described?

Answer 5

They are multicellular
They have chloroplasts which means they can photosynthesise
Their cells have cell walls made of cellulose
They store carbohydrates as sucrose or starch

Question 6

What is saprotrophic nutrition?

Answer 6

The secretion of extra cellular enzymes into the area the body to dissolve food, so nutrients can then be absorbed

Question 7

Give two examples of fungi

Answer 7

Yeast (single-celled)

Mucor (multi-cellular)