Everything Life Sciences Grade 10

Kingdom Animalia

Figure 10.12: The diversity of the animal kingdom.

Members of the animal kingdom are eukaryotic and multicellular but have no cell wall or

photosynthetic pigments. They are mostly motile and they are heterotrophic, which means

they must feed on other organisms and cannot make their own food. They reproduce sexually

or asexually. Important examples of this class include Porifera (sponges), Mammalia (Lion),

Insects (grasshopper). They store carbon as glycogen and fat.

Figure 10.13: Jelly fish.

306 10.4. Five kingdom system