Question

Question 4

Naked cytoplasm, multinucleated and saprophytic are the characteristics of

(a) Monera (b) Protista (c) Fungi (d) Slime

Answer 1

(d) Slime moulds are saprophytic protists, moving along the dead leaves engulfing organic material. These are multinucleated and do not possess cell wall and have naked cytoplasm.

Whereas, monerans are prokaryotes, which include all bacteria. These do not contain naked cytoplasm,protist are a group of eukaryotic organisms, that bear a well defined membrane around cytoplasm, may be uni or multinucleated and fungi lack naked cytoplasm. Their cell has well developed cell wall made of chitin.