Five-Kingdom System
Biology ⇒ Biological Classification
Five-Kingdom System starts at 9 and continues till grade 12.
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Describe the main difference in nutrition between Fungi and Plantae.
Describe the main mode of nutrition in Kingdom Animalia.
Explain the evolutionary significance of separating Monera from Protista in the Five-Kingdom System.
Explain the main differences between Kingdom Monera and Kingdom Protista.
Explain the significance of cell wall composition in distinguishing between Plantae and Fungi.
Explain why Kingdom Protista is considered a 'catch-all' kingdom.
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.
List two criteria used by Whittaker to classify organisms into five kingdoms.
Name one organism from Kingdom Protista that is autotrophic.
Name the kingdom that includes organisms like algae, protozoa, and slime molds.
State one limitation of the Five-Kingdom System.
Which kingdom contains organisms that are always multicellular, eukaryotic, and heterotrophic by ingestion?
Which kingdom includes organisms that are autotrophic, multicellular, and have cell walls?
Which kingdom includes organisms that reproduce mainly by spores and have a filamentous body structure?
Who proposed the Five-Kingdom System of classification?
