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gggghTwo Kinds of living things

Autotroph-

An organism that can manufacture its own food

from simple inorganic substances.

Heterotroph-

An organism that cannot make its own food and must take in nourishment from its environment.


The 5 Kingdoms

Monera- A kingdom of organisms characterized by prokaryotic cell structure (cells without a nucleus).

Protista- Eukaryotic organisms (cells have a nucleus), including unicelluar and multicellular forms,autotrophs and heterotrophs, with various forms of locomotion; organisms that do not fit into the other 5 kingdoms.

Fungi- Plant like, heterotrophic organisms. Like plants they are non-motile, but unlike plants they cannot produce their own food.

Plantae- A kingdom of multicellular, eukaryotic autotrophs.

 

Animalia- A kingdom of multicellular organism that do not produce thier own food.

 

For more information, click on the name of any kingdom.


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