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Use the table of the five kingdoms. (a) Which kingdoms can have autotrophic members?

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Use the table of the five kingdoms. (a) Which kingdoms can have autotrophic members? (b) Which kingdom has organ systems? (c) In how many kingdoms does every member have a cell wall? (d) In how many kingdoms are all the members heterotrophic?

Feature	Monera	Protista	Fungi	Plantae	Animalia
Cell type	prokaryotic	eukaryotic	eukaryotic	eukaryotic	eukaryotic
Cell wall	present in most, not of cellulose; none in Mycoplasma	present in some	present, of chitin	present, of cellulose	absent
Body	cellular	cellular	many cells, loose tissue	tissues and organs	tissues, organs and organ systems
Nutrition	autotrophic or heterotrophic	autotrophic or heterotrophic	heterotrophic	autotrophic	heterotrophic

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Read each row across to compare the kingdoms. A feature belongs to every member only when the table says so for all of them. "Some" or "most" does not count.

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