Today in class we learned how to identify which kingdom a cell belongs to. All six kingdoms (Archae-bacteria, Eubacteria, Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protists) have specific characteristics that separate them from the other kingdoms.
For example, all kingdoms have eukaryotic cells except for archae-bacteria and eubacteria. The number of cells in a given kingdom is a similar situation, with all but arche-bacteria, eubacteria, and protists being multicellular. However, some protists are multicellular, but most are not. Arche-bacteria, eubacteria, and protists also share the fact that they're both heterotrophic and autotrophic, meaning that some make their own food and some need to consume their food. Animalia and fungi both need to consume their food, making them heterotrophic, whereas plantaes make their own food, meaning their autotophic. Another key way to differentiate between different kingdoms is their mode of reproduction. Arche-bacteria and eubacteria are asexual, animalia reproduces sexually, and plante, fungi, and protists can be both.
These many differences between cells can help identify which kingdom they belong to. They help us tell a bunny rabbit apart from a flower, or e coli.
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