This document outlines the key characteristics of five kingdoms: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protoctista, and Prokaryotes. It describes their multicellular or unicellular structure, presence or absence of nuclei, cell walls, chloroplasts, modes of nutrition, and in some cases appearance. For example, animals are multicellular and have cells without cell walls or chloroplasts, while plants are multicellular, have cells with cellulose cell walls, and obtain nutrition through photosynthesis.

1. KINGDOMS Animals Plants Fungi Protoctista Prokaryotes
Muticellular
Pluricellular
Cells  Nucleus
 No cell walls
 No
chloroplasts
 Nucleus
 Cell walls made
of cellulose
 Contain
chloroplasts
 Nuclei
 Cell walls not
made of
cellulose
 No chlorophyl
 Nucleus
 Cells
may/may not
have a cell
wall or
chloroplasts
 No nucleus
 Cell walls not
made of
cellulose
 No
mitochondria
Nutrition Feed on organic
substances
made by other
living
organisms.
Feed by
photosynthesis.
Feed by
saprophytic or
parasitic
nutrition.
Feed on organic
substances made
by other living
organisms or by
photosynthesis.
Appearance May have roots,
stems and leaves