Write the general characters of Kingdom Animalia with examples.
Write the general characters of Kingdom Animalia with examples.
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General characters of Kingdom Animalia:
1. Types of organisms: The organisms are multicellular and eukaryotic.
2. Habitat: The organisms may be aquatic, terrestrial, amphibious or aerial in habitat.
3. Cell organelles: The organisms do not possess cell wall, plastids and central vacuole.
4. Locomotion: Majority of the animals are motile. However, few like sponges are sedentary.
5. Sense organ: They possess sense organs, nervous system and respond to stimuli by exhibiting certain behaviour.
6. Reproduction: They mostly reproduce sexually by producing gametes, while some can reproduce asexually.
7. Nutrition: They are heterotrophic, mostly holozoic, sometimes parasitic.
8. Growth: It is determinate, (follow definite pattern)