Theory Questions – Kingdom Fungi & Kingdom Plantae

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1a. List five characteristics of the kingdom fungi

b. State the differences between bacteria and fungi

c. State five economic importance of fungi

d. Give five examples of fungi

2a. How would you differentiate a fungi from a plant?

b. In a tabular form, state five differences between a monocot plant and a dicot plant.

	Bacteria:	Fungi:
1.	They are prokaryotic (no definite nucleus and other organelles bounded membrane).	They are eukaryotic.
2.	They can be autotrophic	They are heterotrophic
3.	They are unicellular	They are multicellular except yeast.
4.	They reproduce asexually by binary fission.	They reproduce asexually by budding or spore formation.
5.	Some are motile and have flagellum.	They are non-motile.

Fungi	Plants
Do not have chloroplast	Have chloroplast
Have cell wall made of chitin	Have cell wall made of cellulose
Store carbohydrates as glycogen	Stores carbohydrates as starch
Saprophytic and show extracellular digestion	Autotrophic

S/n		Monocots:	Dicots:
1.	Embryo	They possess only one cotyledon in their seeds.	They possess two cotyledons in their seeds.
2.	*Roots*	They have a fibrous root system.	They have a tap root system.
3.	*Flowers*	Floral parts are arranged in threes and multiples of threes.	Floral parts are arranged in fours and fives.
4.	Leaves	Their leaves have parallel venation.	Their leaves have net venation.
5.	Secondary Growth	They do not undergo secondary growth.	They undergo secondary growth.
6.	*Germination*	They exhibit hypogeal germination. i.e. the cotyledon is returned below the soil.	They exhibit epigeal germination. i.e. the cotyledons shoot out to the soil surface.
7.	*Stem* *Structure*	Vascular bundles are scattered.	Vascular bundles of stem are arranged in rings.

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