Question

explain the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms? 1.nature of the cell 2.number of the cells 3.mode of nutrition

Answer 1

Whittaker classified the whole living world into 5 kingdoms:-

1. Kingdom Monera
2. Kingdom Protista
3. Kingdom Fungi
4. Kingdom Animalia
5. Kingdom Plantae

His classification was based on the following characters:-

1. The absence or presence of nuclear membrane (prokaryotic or eukaryotic)
2. Level of organization (unicellular or multicellular)
3. Process of acquiring nutrition (autotrophic or heterotrophic)