Kingdom Animalia
Multicellular heterotrophs that depend on other organisms for food.
A deer in a meadow
A deer grazes in a meadow, looks up at a sound, and runs.
Which of the deer's abilities do you think is typical of animals?
What this lesson covers
The idea
Kingdom Animalia comprises multicellular heterotrophs that depend on other organisms for food; most show locomotion, rapid response to stimuli and coordinated behaviour.
A deer in a meadow
A deer grazes in a meadow, looks up at a sound, and runs.
Which of the deer's abilities do you think is typical of animals?
- Moving about, responding quickly and acting in a coordinated way
- Making food from sunlight
- Staying fixed in one place
Animalia or not?
Tap the bin where each belongs.
Active feeders
Because animals depend on other organisms for food, moving and responding quickly are useful. These abilities let animals search for food, avoid predators and interact with their surroundings.
Kingdom Animalia comprises multicellular heterotrophs that depend on other organisms for food; most show locomotion, rapid response to stimuli and coordinated behaviour.
Notes
Animalia are multicellular heterotrophs that depend on other organisms for food; most show locomotion, rapid response and coordinated behaviour.
Check yourself
Animals are multicellular and ...
Where do animals get their food?
Which abilities do most animals show?
What do these abilities let animals do?
- autotrophic. Autotrophs make their own food, like plants.
- heterotrophic — correct. Yes!
- prokaryotic. Animals are eukaryotes. Prokaryotes are grouped under Monera.
- By photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is how plants make food.
- From their cellulose cell wall. Animals do not have a cellulose cell wall and they depend on other organisms for food.
- From other organisms — correct. Yes!
- Locomotion, rapid response to stimuli and coordinated behaviour — correct. Yes!
- Fixed position and slow response. This describes the opposite of what most animals show.
- Making food from sunlight. Animals depend on other organisms for their food.
- Make their own food. Animals are heterotrophs and do not make their own food.
- Search for food, avoid predators and interact with their surroundings — correct. Yes!
- Absorb nutrients through filaments. That is how fungi take in nutrients.