Kingdoms - Animals & Plants
Biology: Cambridge International GCSE Supplement, topic 1.3.1
Kingdoms
At the broadest level, organisms can be classified into 5 kingdoms; animals, plants, fungi, prokaryotes and protoctista.
Animals
- Animal cells have no cell wall and no chloroplasts (so do not carry out photosynthesis).
- Animals are multicellular (made of many cells) and they are heterotrophs (don't make their own food).
- Whales and worms are examples.
Plants
- Plant cells are surrounded by cell walls (made of a substance called cellulose) and contain chloroplasts (carry out photosynthesis).
- Some plants are multicellular (many cells) and some are unicellular (single-celled), and they are all autotrophs (make their own food).
- Daisies and algae are examples.
Test yourself on Kingdoms - Animals & Plants
Which of these does not apply to plants?