What are 5 kingdoms of whittekar and give the characterstices?
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monera protista fungi plantae animalia
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Robert Whittaker classified living organisms into Five Kingdoms
★On the basis of following:
Cell Structure:
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
Mode of Nutrition:
Heterotrophic and Autotrophic
Number of Cells:
Unicellular and Multicellular
The Kingdoms he proposed were:
•Kingdom Monera
•Kingdom Protista
•Kingdom Fungi
•Kingdom Plantae
•Kingdom Animalia
Characteristic features of the following Kingdoms are:
Kingdom Monera
- They are unicellular organisms with a poorly defined nucleus. Thus,they are also prokaryotes
- They exhibit mixotrophic mode of nutrition i.e.,both autotrophic and heterotrophic
- Their cell wall is made up of mucopolysaccharide (peptidoglycan and murien)
- They are cosmopolitan in distribution and are found in even drastic climatic conditions
- They are further divided into Eubacteria, Archaebacteria and Mycoplasma
Kingdom Protista
- They are simplest eukaryotic organisms
- They are both autotrophs and heterotrophs
- They maybe unicellular or multicellular organisms
- They are further classified in chrysophytes,dinoflagellates,protozoans,slime moulds and euglenoids
Kingdom Fungi
- They are multicellular eukaryotes
- They are present in damp places,moist climates etc
- Their cell wall is made up of chitin
- They are classified into ascomycetes, basidiomycetes,phycomycetes and deuteromycetes
Kingdom Plantae
- They are multicellular eukaryotic organisms
- They are composed of chlorophyll and thus green is their characteristic colour
- They are sedentary and don't move
- They exhibit alternations of generations
- Some plants are insectivorous like Venus Flytrap
- They are classified into thallophyta, bryophyta, pteridophyta and spermatophyta
Kingdom Animalia
- They are motile, eukaryotic organisms
- They exhibit division of labor
- It is largest kingdom in the classification system
- They are about 50 phyla,put of which 11 are prominent
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