10.2 The five kingdoms

Question 1

what are the five kingdoms called

Answer 1

prokaryotae (bacteria)
protoctista (unicellular eukaryotes)
fungi (yeast, moulds and mushrooms)
plantae (plants)
animalia (animals)

Question 2

what are the observable features of prokaryotae

Answer 2

• unicellular
• no nucleus or other membrane bound organelles they have a small ring of dna
• no visable feeding mechanism the absorb nutrients through the cell wall or they are produced internally

Question 3

what are the observable features of protoctista

Answer 3

• mainly unicellular
• they have a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles
• some have chloroplasts
• some are sessile but some are moved by cillia, flagella or other mechanisms
• nutrients are aquired by photosynthesis (autotrophic feeders) or by the ingestion of other organisms (heterotrophic feeders) or both - some are paracitic
  an example is ameoba

Question 4

what are the observable features of fungi

Answer 4

• unicellular or multicellular
• a nucleus and other membrane bound organelles and a cell wall mainly composed of chitin
• no chloroplast or chlorophil
• no mechanisms for locomotion
• most have a body or mycelium made of threads or hyphae
• nutrients are aquired by absorbtion they are saprophic feeders
• most store there food as glycogen

Question 5

what are the observable features of plantae

Answer 5

multicellular
nucleus and other membrane bound organelles and choloroplasts
food acquired by photosynthesis (autotrophic) and stored as starch
most dont move so gametes of plants move by cillia/flagella

Question 6

what are the observable features of animalia

Answer 6

multicellular
nucleus and other membrane bound organelles
no chloroplast
move using cillia/flagella and contractile proteins
nutrients absorbed by ingestion (heterotrophic) and stored as glycogen