Topic 2: Variety of living organisms

Question 1

what features do animals have?

Answer 1

-multicellular
-no chloroplast, so can’t photosynthesise
-no cell wall
-have nervous systems
-stores carbohydrates as glycogen

Question 2

what features do plants have?

Answer 2

-multicellular
-have chloroplasts, so can photosynthesise
-have cell walls made of cellulose
-store carbohydrates as starch or sucrose

Question 3

what features do fungi have?

Answer 3

-can be unicellular eg yeast
-can be multicellular eg cucor
-have cell walls made of chitin
-no chloroplast
-feed by secreting enzymes onto food, then absorbing it
-store carbohydrates as glycogen

Question 4

What features do protoctists have?

Answer 4

-microscopic and single celled
-a mixed group that don’t fit clearly into another group

Question 5

What features do bacteria have?

Answer 5

-single celled
-no nucleus
-some photosynthesise some don’t
-have cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm and a loop of DNA