myers@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (05/06/87)
There's been a certain degree of talk about kingdoms of life: how life is generally classified. I think the most commonly accepted version is now: Type General Characteristics -------- ----------------------- Animals Multicellular, no cell walls, no photosynthesis, usually mobile You know what an aminal is. Plants Multicellular, cell walls, photosynthesis, generally sessile You know what a plant is. Fungi Multicellular, cell walls, no photosynthesis, generally sessile Fungi of all sorts -- mushrooms, etc. Protists One-celled life with a cell nucleus Protozoa, yeasts, most one-celled algae Monerans One-celled life, no cell nucleus Bacteria, cyanobacteria ('blue-green algae') ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Myers myers@tybalt.caltech.edu ...seismo!tybalt.caltech.edu!myers