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What characteristic did whit taker use to distinguish the kingdom fungi from the kingdom animalia?
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Whittaker distinguished the kingdom Fungi from the kingdom Animalia based on the mode of nutrition. Fungi are heterotrophic organisms that obtain their nutrients from decaying organic matter or by parasitizing other living organisms, while animals are also heterotrophic but obtain their nutrients by ingesting food.
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6 animal kingdoms?
There are commonly recognized five animal kingdoms: Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Fungi, Kingdom Protista, and Kingdom Monera. The animal kingdom specifically belongs to Kingdom Animalia, which includes multicellular organisms that are eukaryotic and heterotrophic.
What is in a kingdom in eukarya domain?
Fungi, Protista, Animalia and Plamtae.
What are the Names of the five kingdoms?
Monera, Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals That answer is for higher grades. for example 5th grade........ it would be bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, animals. wat is monera?????????????????????????? Do they not mean like united kingdom! : )
What are the five kingdoms and their scientific names?
There are six kingdoms: Kingdom Animalia Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Archaebacteria Kingdom Eubacteria The first four are eukaryotes and the last two are prokaryotes. It might be the other way around though.
What domain does animalia fall under?
All members of the animal kingdom belong to the taxonomic domain of Eukarya, which are characterised by having cells with nuclei. Eukarya covers all organisms in the Kingdom Animalia, as well as the Kingdoms Plantae, Fungi and Protista.
Which kingdom does not classify autotrophic organisms?
The kingdom Animalia contains non-autotrophs.
Which kingdom of organism is most related to fungi?
Animalia
What are the kingdoms of life?
Moneran, Protista, fungi, animalia, plantae are the five kingdoms
What is the kingdom in the domain eukarya?
Fungi, Protista, Animalia and Plamtae.
What is in a kingdom in eukarya domain?
Fungi, Protista, Animalia and Plamtae.
What kingdom does animalia belong to?
animalia is the kingdom. the kingdoms are: monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia. a link specifing them:http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/studies/invertebrates/kingdoms.html
What belongs to kingdom Animalia?
animalia is the kingdom. the kingdoms are: monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia. a link specifing them:http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/studies/invertebrates/kingdoms.html
What is the kingdom that is made up of organisms that are eukaryotic and heterotrophic?
There are two kingdoms which are completely eukaryotic and heterotrophic.They kingdom animalia and fungi.
What kingdom does a bumble bee belong to?
animalia (or animal) six kingdoms: archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, plantae, animalia, fungi
What kingdom are eukariyotic in?
There are four kingdoms.They are animalia,plantae,fungi and protista
What is the 5 plant kingdom?
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Animalia and Plantae
What are the 5 kingdom of classification?
Protista, Monera, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia.
