The characteristics of the five kingdoms

1-Characteristics of animals : 1-They are multicelled organisms.

2- They eat and digest other organisms.

3-Most can move from place to place.

4-They have tissues organized into organs and

organ system.

2-Characteristics of plants : 1- They are multicelled organisms.

2- They use sunlight to make their own food

(and produce oxygen).

3-Root or rootlike structures anchor th plant and

absorb water.

3-Characteristics of fungi : 1- They are mostly multicelled organisms, but there

are some one-celled organisms.

2-They cannot make their own food.

3-They absorb and digest food.

4-Characteristics of protists : 1-They are one-celled and multicelled organisms.

2 -Plantlike protists make their own food.

3-Animal-like protists take in food from their

surroundings.

5-Characteristics of bacteria : 1-Most are one-celled organisms.

2-They don't have a cell nucleus.

3-Most do not make their own food but break down

or decompose other living or once-living things.

4-Some bacteria (cyanobacteria)make thier own

food.