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Living things
The Animal, Plant and Fungi Kingdoms
How are animals
and plants
different?
R E A D & T H I N K
1
Read and find out:
a)
How are plants similar to fungi?
b)
In what ways is nutrition in the three kingdoms different?
The Fungi Kingdom
As well as the Animal and Plant Kingdoms there is the
Fungi Kingdom
. Fungi are similar to plants in that
they can’t move around. However, they don’t make their own food. Fungi eat the remains of living things or
grow and feed on things that are still living.
Mushrooms
,
mould
and
yeast
are all fungi. Look at the photos.
Which fungi do we eat? Which ones should you not pick and eat by yourself?
The Plant Kingdom
* They can’t move around.
* They make their own food.
The Animal Kingdom
* They can move around.
* They eat other living things.
mushrooms
yeast
tree living fungus
mould
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+
+
bushes
trees
grasses
vertebrates
invertebrates
