UNIT 3 CHAPTER 20-CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS

Question 0

what are organisms in the kingdom monera also called

Answer 0

prokaryotes

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE FIVE KINGDOMS ?

Answer 1

MONERA
PROTISTA
FUNGI
PLANTAE
ANIMALIA

Question 2

what are main features of monerans ?

Answer 2

do not have a membrane enclosed nucleus ,
do not have membrane enclosed organelles,
are mainly small, microscopic and single celled,
normally reproduce asexually.

Question 3

what is the kingdom protista also called

Answer 3

protoctista

Question 4

what are main features of protists ?

Answer 4

have membrane enclosed nucleus,

are mainly single celled .

Question 5

what are the main features of fungi ?

Answer 5

don’t make own food but get nutrients from absorbing food from an outside source,
mainly multi celled and compsed of threads called hyphae,
cell walls are made from cybohydrate called chitin,
reproduce by spores

Question 6

what are the main groups of plants ?

Answer 6

mosses
ferns
seed producing plants

Question 7

what are the main features of plants ?

Answer 7

they are complex and multicellular organisms,
are photosynthetic,
cell walls are made from cellulose,
cells often contain large vacoules,
reproduce sexually and asexually,

Question 8

what are the main features of animals ?

Answer 8

they are multi celled organisms that take in food (they don’t make their own food),
do not have cell walls,
have a nervous system and a muscular system,
reproduce sexually