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Describe the distinguishing characteristics of the Five kingdoms of life?

Difficulty: Medium

Distinguishing characteristics of the Five kingdoms of life:

Kingdom

Cell type

Nuclear

Envelope

Cell wall made

Mode of

Nutrition

Multi-

cellularity

Monera

Prokaryotic

Absent

Non-cellulose (polysaccharide plus amino acids

Autotrophic or Heterotrophic or combination

Absent

Protista

Eukaryotic

Present

Present in some forms, various types

Photosynthetic or Heterotrophic,

Absent in most forms

fungi

Eukaryotic

Present

Chitin

Absorption

Present in most forms

Plantae

Eukaryotic

Present

Cellulose and other polysaccharides

Photosynthetic

Present in all forms

Animalia

Eukaryotic

Present

Absent

ingestion

Present in all forms

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