Question

1.) Librarians organize books according to a classification system. Describe another type of classification system you have seen or used.

2.)Using the information from the data you collected, describe three examples of how are plants and animals different?

3.)Using the information from the data you collected, describe three examples of how are plants and animals are similar?

4.)As an archeological biologist, you discover an organism that you believe could be either a new species of plant or fungus. What are some differences between plants and fungi? What specific characteristics that you observed from this activity might help you classify this organism?

Answer 1

1) 5 kingdom system of classification is a type of classification in which all the living organisms are classified into 5 kingdoms i. e. protista, monera, fungi, plantae and animalia.

2) Plants are autotrophic organisms while animals are heterotrophic. Plants have cell wall while cell wall is absent in animal. Plants are fixed while animals move from place to place.

3) Both plants and animals are made of cell. Both plants and animals are multicellular organisms. Both plants and animals reproduce.

4) Plants make their own food while fungi are unable to make their own food. Plant cell wall is made of cellulose while fungi cell wall is made of chitin.