DENDROLOGY

TREE IDENTIFICATION

IDENTIFICATION KEYS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
I sometimes get confused by others to be a plant. I’m heterotrophic and digest decaying material. What kingdom to I belong to?
A
Archaebacteria
B
Animalia
C
Fungi
D
Protista
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -All fungi are heterotrophic, which means they are unable to synthesize their own food (like plants), so they must consume organic matter as food. Some of the species of fungi are parasitic, but most fungi are decomposers, which means they break down dead and decaying material and use that as a source of nutrition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kingdom Archaebacteria consist of prokaryotic organisms. These organisms are all unicellular and their cells do not have a nucleus or complex organelles. The prefix Archae means ancient. The organisms in this kingdom are believed to be similar to the first types of living organisms found on the Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Animaliaanimals All members of Animalia are multicellular, and all are heterotrophs (that is, they rely directly or indirectly on other organisms for their nourishment).

Detailed explanation-4: -Kingdom fungi include multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes with the chitinous cell wall.

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