KINGDOMS (Natural Science, Year 5, Unit 1)

KINGDOMS

Living things are classified into groups.

ANIMAL KINGDOM

• Animals are multicellular.
• They eat other living things.
• They can move from one place to another.
• They have a nervous system and sense orgarns.
• They react to stimuli.

PLANT KINGDOM

• Plants are multicellular.
• They use sunlight and substances from the soil and air to make their food.
• They cannot move. They have roots in the ground.
• Plants do not have a nervous system or sense organs. However, they react slowly to some stimuli.

FUNGI KINGDOM

• Most fungi are multicellular. A few are unicellular.

• They depend on other organisms for food. They do not make their own food.

• They are fixed to something. They cannot move.