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  • Identifying Organisms: Using Cell Wall, Multicellularity & Autotrophy to Determine Kingdom
    You're absolutely right! You can use that information to narrow down the possibilities. Here's why:

    * Cell Wall: This feature eliminates the kingdoms Animalia and Protista. Animals do not have cell walls, and while some protists do, they are generally single-celled.

    * Multicellular: This further eliminates the kingdoms Protista and Fungi. Fungi are mostly multicellular but are heterotrophs (they obtain nutrients from other organisms).

    * Autotroph: This means the organism makes its own food through photosynthesis. This leaves us with only one kingdom: Plantae.

    Therefore, an organism with a cell wall, multicellular, and autotrophic must belong to the Plantae (plant) kingdom.

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