Question

Scientist who gave classification based on five Kingdom.
(a) Linnaeus
(b) Whittaker
(c) Aristotle
(d) Sushrut

Answer 1

Robert Harding Whittaker (December 27, 1920 – October 20, 1980) was a distinguished American plant ecologist, active in the 1950s to the 1970s. He was the first to propose the five-kingdom taxonomic classification of the world's biota into the Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera in 1969.

Answer 2

Dear Student,

● Answer - (b)

Scientist who gave classification based on five Kingdom is Whittaker.

◆ Five kingdom classification -

Five kingdom classification was given by R.H. Whittaker.

Organisms are classified on the basis of -

• Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic cell
• Unicellular or Multicellular
• Cell wall present or absent
• Autotrophic or Heterotrophic nutrition

According to this classification, all life forms are classified into five groups called kingdoms.

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

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