Five-Kingdom System
Biology ⇒ Biological Classification
Five-Kingdom System starts at 9 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe one major limitation of the Five-Kingdom System.
Describe the main difference between the cell walls of fungi and plants.
Describe the main mode of nutrition in Kingdom Fungi.
Explain why Protista is considered a 'catch-all' kingdom.
Explain why the Five-Kingdom System groups all prokaryotes together.
Explain why the Five-Kingdom System is considered an improvement over the Two-Kingdom System.
Explain why viruses are not included in the Five-Kingdom System.
List the five kingdoms as per Whittaker’s classification.
Name two criteria used by Whittaker to classify organisms into five kingdoms.
State one example each of an organism from Monera, Protista, and Fungi.
State one reason why Monera is considered the most primitive kingdom.
Which kingdom contains organisms that are saprophytic and absorb nutrients from dead organic matter?
Which kingdom includes both unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes that are not plants, animals, or fungi?
Which kingdom includes organisms that are multicellular, eukaryotic, and lack cell walls?
Which kingdom includes organisms that have chitin in their cell walls?
Which kingdom includes organisms that reproduce mainly by spores?
Who proposed the Five-Kingdom System of classification?
A newly discovered unicellular organism has a cell wall, lacks a nucleus, and can perform photosynthesis. According to the Five-Kingdom System, to which kingdom does it most likely belong?
Compare and contrast the modes of reproduction in Kingdom Fungi and Kingdom Plantae as described in the Five-Kingdom System.
Describe how the Five-Kingdom System classifies organisms based on their mode of nutrition, and provide an example for each kingdom.
