Question

Write four characteristic features of kingdom Animalia.

Answer 1

Kingdom Animalia -

1. Kingdom Animalia constitutes all animals.
2. The largest kingdom is the animal kingdom.
3. Animals are multicellular eukaryotes.
4. Members of the animal kingdom exhibit a heterotrophic mode of nutrition.

Four characteristic features of kingdom Animalia -

1. Kingdom Animalia includes all the multicellular, eukaryotic, and heterotrophic organisms.
2. These animals cannot prepare their own food and hence depend on other organisms for nourishment.
3. They exhibit all the levels of organization in structure i.e. they range from primitive organization to the organ system level of organization
4. They reproduce sexually as well as asexually.
5. Few animals ingest their food and digest it in an internal cavity.
6. Most animals possess the ability to move from one place to another. These are known as motile animals. The animals that cannot move are known as sessile.