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)

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