Describe the basic characteristics of organisms, including prokaryotic and eukaryotic, unicellular and multicellular, autotrophic and heterotrophic, and sexual and asexual reproduction, that classify organisms into the currently recognized kingdoms. (Do NOT make a list. Write it as a paragraph!)

Prokaryotes are those organisms which lack true nucleus and membrane bounded organelles while eukaryotes have true membrane bound nucleus as well as membrane bound organelles.

Unicellualr organisms composed of only one cell while multicellular organisms consists of large number of cells.

Heterotrophic organisms get their food from other organisms while autotrophic organisms synthesize their own food b with the help of photosynthesis.

sexual reproduction involves meiosis for production of gametes then fertilization and dvelopment while in asexual reproduction cells simply divide by mitosis and develops a new organism.

these ar the basic characteristics used for classifcation. plants are autotrphic multicellular sexually or asexually reproducing organisms, while animals are hetertrophic, multicellular and can also reproduce sexually as well as asexually.

Explanation:

a. decomposes use carbon from dead organisms as fuel for cellular respiration, returning carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.