Question

Compare and contrast domains and kingdoms. In your answer, include at least one way they are similar and one way they are different.

Answer 1

A domain is a taxonomic category above the kingdom level. The three domains are: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya, which are the major categories of life. ... A kingdom is a taxonomic group that contains one or more phyla. The four traditional kingdoms of Eukarya include: Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.

Answer 2

A domain is the taxonomic category that lies above the kingdom. There are three domains – bacteria, archaea and eukarya. However, there are five kingdoms – monera, Protista, fungi, plantae and Animalia.

Monera includes the prokaryotic organism like bacteria while from Protista to Animalia are the eukaryotes and its example are plants, fungi like slime moulds, protist like diatoms, Animalia like animals and humans. Both Domain and Kingdom classifies organism and separates eukaryotic and prokaryotic organism.