Question

Differentiate briefly the characteristics of kingdom Plantae and Animalia.

Answer 1

Kingdom Plantae	Kingdom Animalia
1. Have multicellular eukaryote plants.	Have multicellular eukaryote animals.
2. Presence of cell wall (made up of cellulose.)	Absence of cell wall.
3. Capable of producing their own food (autotrophic mode of nutrition.)	Depend on others for their food requirements (heterotrophic mode of nutrition.)
4. Photosynthesis occurrence due to the presence of chloroplast.	Since they are non-green in nature and do not produce chlorophyll, they do not undergo photosynthesis.
5. Are immobile.	Are mobile.
6. Can grow throughout their life.	Achieve a maximum size and then stop growing.
7. Consume carbon dioxide and release oxygen.	Consume oxygen and release carbon dioxide.
8. Have two sets of chromosomes (diploid.)	Have only one set of the chromosome (haploid.)
9. Have reserved food in the form of starch.	Have reserved food in the form of glucose.