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Variety of living organisms

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Question 9
a.

Although bacteria and fungi have many different features, they also have some features in common.

The table lists some features.

In each box, place a tick (✓\checkmark✓) if the feature is present or a cross (×\times×) if the feature is absent. One has been done for you.

FeatureBacteriaFungicontain a nucleus×✓are eukaryotichave cell walls made of chitincontain plasmidscan be multicellular \begin{array}{|l|c|c|}\hline\textbf{Feature} & \textbf{Bacteria} & \textbf{Fungi} \\ \hline\text{contain a nucleus} & \times & \checkmark \\ \hline\text{are eukaryotic} & & \\ \hline\text{have cell walls made of chitin} & & \\ \hline\text{contain plasmids} & & \\ \hline\text{can be multicellular} & & \\ \hline\end{array} Featurecontain a nucleusare eukaryotichave cell walls made of chitincontain plasmidscan be multicellular​Bacteria×​Fungi✓​​
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b.

Many organisms have cells that are surrounded by a cell wall.

Give two groups of organisms, other than fungi, that have cell walls.

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