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Are plants in the animal kingdom?
It became very difficult to group some living things into one or the other, so early in the past century the two kingdoms were expanded into five kingdoms: Protista (the single-celled eukaryotes); Fungi (fungus and related organisms); Plantae (the plants); Animalia (the animals); Monera (the prokaryotes).
What is plant kingdom and animal kingdom?
Differentiate between Plantae and Animalia.
| Plantae | Animalia |
|---|---|
| They belongs to plant kingdom | They belong to animal kingdom |
| They are green colored eukaryotic cells | They are also eukaryotes, but don’t have green color pigmentation |
| The cells of this kingdom contain cell wall | Animal cells do not have any cell walls. |
Why are fungi in their own kingdom?
The Kingdom Fungi Today, fungi are no longer classified as plants. For example, the cell walls of fungi are made of chitin, not cellulose. Also, fungi absorb nutrients from other organisms, whereas plants make their own food. These are just a few of the reasons fungi are now placed in their own kingdom.
WHO classified organisms plants and animals?
A. Organisms were first classified more than 2000 years ago by the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. 1. Aristotle first sorted organisms into two groups – plants and animals.
What is the similarities between plant kingdom and animal kingdom?
As plants and animals are eukaryotic, so they have almost similar cellular structure, but few organelles like chloroplast, plasmodesmata, cell wall, plastids, etc. are only found in the plant cell, while in there is no cell wall in the animal cell; instead they have cilia, the tight junction for other functionality.
Is Fern a plant?
Ferns are plants that do not have flowers. Ferns generally reproduce by producing spores. Similar to flowering plants, ferns have roots, stems and leaves. In the past, ferns had been loosely grouped with other spore-bearing vascular plants, often called “fern allies”.
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