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Organism Information

	Bacteria	Protista	Fungi	Plantae	Animalia
Type of cell
prokaryotic	X
eukaryotic		X
No. of cells
Only 1	X
1 or many		X
Many
Need O2?
No
Some yes/some no	X	X
Yes
Role in ecosystem
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Decomposer	X	X
Parasite or pathogen
Habitat
Fresh water	X
Marine	X
Terrestrial	X
Intertidal	X
Age	3.5 billion years	1.5 billion years
Diversity	Circular DNA of the nucleoid, a lock of membrane-bound organelles and the cell wall of peptidoglycan
Unique features	They don’t have a nucleus.
Interesting facts	Bacteria are found everywhere and on the majority of organisms on earth.
Examples

Answer 1

KINGDOM/FEATURES	BACTERIA	PROTISTA	FUNGI	PLANTAE	ANIMALIA
TYPE OF CELL	Prokaryotic	Eukaryotic	Eukaryotic	Eukaryotic	Eukaryotic
NO. OF CELLS	Mostly 1 cell - unicellular	1 cell	1 or many	many - multicellular	many - multicellular
OXYGEN NEED	some yes and some not	most require oxygen	most require oxygen	yes	yes
ROLE IN ECOSYSTEM	decomposers, pathogen	parasite, pathogen	decomposer	autotrophic	heterotrophic
HABITAT	everywhere	freshwater, intertidal	terrestrial, intertidal, marine	terrestrial mainly but also found in freshwater and marine habitats	terrestrial mainly but also found in freshwater and marine habitats
AGE	3.5 bya	2.7 bya	400 mya	250 mya	1000 mya
UNIQUE FEATURES	do not have a nucleus	unicellular	chitin in their cell walls	large vacuole present in the cell and cell wall is made of cellulose.	do not have cell walls
EXAMPLES	E. coli, Streptococcus, etc.	amoeba, paramecium, etc.	yeast, mushroom, etc.	cactus, moss, angiosperms, etc.	humans, insects, etc.
INTERESTING FACTS	Bacteria are found everywhere and on the majority of organisms on earth.	neither plants nor animals. also called the junk drawer kingdom.	more similar to Animalia than plantae and is the connecting link between them.	predominantly photosynthetic	largest kingdom.