Plants, Animals and Fungi

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Living organisms can be grouped together by the features they share in common. Three main groups are: Plants, Animals, Fungi	Image: plant_animal_fungi (image/jpg)
Plants. Are: Multicellular, have chloroplasts, can photosynthesise, Have cellulose cell walls, store carbohydrates as sucrose or starch. Herbaceous legumes like tomatoes	Image: plant.gif (image/gif)
Animals. Are: Multicellular, DON'T have chloroplasts, so DON'T photosynthesise. No cell wall around the membrane. Have a Nervous Control System to adapt to surrounding. Move around. Store carbohydrates as glycogen.	Image: animal (image/jpg)
Fungi. Some are single celled, others have a body called mycelium, made of Hypae (thread like structures), Hypae contain lots of nuclei. Cell walls are made of chitin.	Fungi use saprotrophic nutrition: this uses extracellular enzymes to break down food, so it can then be absorbed. They can store carbohydrate as glycogen.

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