NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

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
Plantae
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: -Humans belong to the Kingdom Animalia. Organisms belonging to kingdom Animalia are multicellular, eukaryotic and heterotrophic. Humans, further, belong to the Class-Mammalia, Order-Primates, Family-Hominidae, Genus-Homo and species-sapiens.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Fungi kingdom These multicellular aerobic heterotrophic eukaryotes have chitin in their cell walls, feed off other living things, and reproduce through spores.

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