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On what bases are plants and animals put into different categories?

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Plants and animals are put into different categories on the basis of Mode of nutrition. Plants are autotrophs. They can make their food own while animas are heterotrophs which are dependent on others for food. Also, locomotion, absence of chloraplasts etc. make them different.
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