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Explain monera , protista , fungi , plantae , and animalia with examples also ? ?

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1) MONERA
i) They are unicellular prokaryotes.
ii) Mode of nutrition can be either autotrophic or heterotrophic.
iii) Some of them have cell wall.
iv) Examples --> mycoplasma, cyanobacteria

2) PROTISTA
i) They are unicellular eukaryotes.
ii) Mode of nutrition can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.
iii) They have appendages for locomotion like cilia, flagella even pseudopodia (in Amoeba) .
iv) Example --> Paramecium, Euglena, Amoeba

3) FUNGI
i) They are multicellular eukaryotes.
ii) They are heterotrophic particularly parasitic and decomposers.
iii) They store their food as glycogen.
iv) Cell wall is made up of tough chitin.
v) Example --> Penicillium, Agaricus, Rhizopus

4) PLANTAE

i) They are multicellular eukaryotes.
ii) They have protective cell wall.
iii) They are non-motile, fixed at one place.
iv) Mode of nutrition is autotrophic , they prepare their own food by process called photosynthesis.
v) They store food as lipids and starch.
vi) They have plastids, large vacuoles.
vii) Their growth is unlimited; it goes on till death.
viii) They don't have definite shape and size.
ix) Example --> Rosaindica , Zea mays, Funaria

5) ANIMALIA
i) They are multicellular eukaryotes.
ii) They have definite shape and size.
iii) They are able to locomote easily.
iv) They don't have cell walls.
v) Mode of nutrition is heterotrophic.
vi) They store food as glycogen and fat.
vii) They don' have plastids , small vacuoles are present.
viii) Growth is limited; there is specific age till the time they grow.
ix) Example --> Homo sapiens , Lepisma etc.

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