Question

Describe in detail about witkars 5 kingdom system

Answer 1

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R.H Whittaker proposed the five kingdom of classification system .
The criterion used by him was
(1) mode of nutrition
(2)source of nutrition
(3)body organisation
(4)cell structure
The five kingdom were:

kingdom monera which was includes prokaryotes like bacteria , prokaryotic microbes.

kingdom protista which includes eukaryotes like protozoans and eukaryotic microbes.

kingdom fungi includes eukaryotes like fungi

kingdom plantae includes eukaryotes like algae.

kingdom animalia includes eukaryotic animals .