The Dirt on

Black-Market

Plants

Nighttime poaching and illegal trade threaten

to drive rare plants and fungi to extinction.

◆ (^) Compare and contrast prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
◆ (^) Explain what is distinctive about the kingdom Protista.
◆ (^) Outline the key evolutionary innovations of plants.
◆ (^) Connect structure and function in how fungi obtain energy from the environment.
◆ (^) Identify key characteristics and give an example organism for each kingdom covered
in this chapter.
After reading this chapter you should be able to: