Which kingdom contains multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates?

Which kingdom contains multicellular eukaryotes including vertebrates and invertebrates?

• A. Kingdom Fungi
• B. Kingdom Plantae
• C. Kingdom Animalia
• D. Kingdom Protista

Answer: (C)

Animals are the kingdom that includes multicellular eukaryotic organisms such as vertebrates (those with backbones) and invertebrates (without backbones). This group is characterized by being heterotrophic, usually lacking cell walls, and often capable of movement at some life stage, with tissues and specialized organs in many forms. The other options don’t fit because fungi are also multicellular eukaryotes but they absorb nutrients as decomposers and have chitin in their cell walls, not animals. Plants are multicellular eukaryotes that photosynthesize and have cellulose cell walls, not animals. Protista is a diverse, mostly unicellular or simple multicellular group and does not encompass vertebrates or invertebrates.

Animals are the kingdom that includes multicellular eukaryotic organisms such as vertebrates (those with backbones) and invertebrates (without backbones). This group is characterized by being heterotrophic, usually lacking cell walls, and often capable of movement at some life stage, with tissues and specialized organs in many forms. The other options don’t fit because fungi are also multicellular eukaryotes but they absorb nutrients as decomposers and have chitin in their cell walls, not animals. Plants are multicellular eukaryotes that photosynthesize and have cellulose cell walls, not animals. Protista is a diverse, mostly unicellular or simple multicellular group and does not encompass vertebrates or invertebrates.