Brief Overview of Characteristics of Four Eukaryotic Kingdoms:
1. Protista = either unicellular or multicellular organisms that may either be able to produce their own food or eat other smaller organisms.
2. Fungi = mostly multicellular organisms characterized by the presence of filaments called hyphae (sing. hypha). It cannot produce its own food, thus, it is usually parasitic on another organism.
3. Animalia = multicellular organisms that may have the presence or absence of a spinal column and it cannot produce their own food. It eats either plants or other animals.
4. Plantae = mostly multicellular organisms that can produce their own food through photosynthesis and characterize by the presence or absence of the vascular tissues: xylem and phloem.
ANSWER:
1. PROTISTA = plant-like or animal-like, autotrophs and heterotrophs
2. FUNGI = unicellular & multicellular heterotrophs
3. ANIMALIA = vertebrates and invertebrates, multicellular heterotrophs
4. PLANTAE = vascular and non-vascular, autotrophs