kingdoms of life

• what are the 5 kingdoms of life:

  • Protoctists
  • plants
  • bacteria
  • fungi
  • animals
• what of the 5 kingdoms of life are considered eukaryotes:

  • plants
  • animals
  • protoctists
  • fungi
• what of the 5 kingdoms of life are considered prokaryotes:

  • bacteria
• what are the features of an animals:

  • heterotrophs
  • reproduce sexually
  • multicelluar
• what are the features of a plant:

  • autotrophs
  • multicelluar
• is yeast unicellular or multicelluar

  • unicelluar
• saprotrophic nutrition:

  • fungi feed by a special type of heterotrophic nutrition called ' saprothrophic' nutrition
  • first, they secrete digestive enzymes out their body, onto the food
  • these break down and digest the food
  • they then absorb the small nutrients into their cells
• can all protoctists photosynthesise?

  • no only some can
• would it be correct to say viruses are 'tiny cells'

  • no, they are specifically not cells
• what is a parasite:

  an organism that depends on another organism to grow and reproduce
• what can act as pathogens:

  • viruses
  • protoctists
  • fungi
  • bacteria