The Five Kingdoms

Question 1

If some plants do not have flowers, leaves, stems or roots, what classifies them as a plant?

Answer 1

They only link to the plant cells if they have the chlorophyll

Question 2

Give the characteristics of the plant cell

Answer 2

1. Plant cells absorb energy and nutrients from photosynthesis
2. They have a cell wall - made of cellulose - which carries the chloroplast, and they have the nucleus

Question 3

What are the characteristics of fungi?

Answer 3

1. They are either multicellular or unicellular
2. They feed off of organic waste and it absorbs into its cells
3. They can decompose waste substances, allowing nutrients into the soil for other organisms to grow
4. Some are harmful and can cause diseases while others can give us antibiotics
5. When they reproduce, spores form

Question 4

What 2 things does a fungi cell have and 1 thing it doesn’t have?

Answer 4

It has the nucleus and the cell wall but it does not have the chlorophyll

Question 5

What 1 thing does an animal cell have and 2 things it doesn’t have

Answer 5

It has a nucleus but it doesn’t have the cell wall or the chloroplast

Question 6

What do animal cells get its energy from?

Answer 6

Other living organisms such as organic matter

Question 7

What are the characteristics of the prokaryote kingdom?

Answer 7

1. They carry a vast amount of organisms, like bacteria
2. Unicellular
3. Have plasmids
4. Have the cell walls
5. They have a circular loop of DNA which is free in the cytoplasm
6. They don’t have the nucleus or the mitochondria

Question 8

What are the characteristics of the protoctist kingdom?

Answer 8

1. They are either multicellular or unicellular
2. They have a nucleus but they might or mightn’t have the cell wall or chloroplast
3. Some feed on organic matter while others feed by photosynthesis
4. Some have an animal-like cell while others have a plant-like cell