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What are the five kingdoms?


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Five kingdoms:

  1. A taxonomy study's basic goal is to place organisms in their proper places within a systematic framework of classification known as the taxonomic hierarchy, which places taxonomic groups in a definite order, from higher to lower categories.
  2. Plants and animals are classified into kingdoms, phylas, classes, orders, genera, and species using taxonomic classification.
  3. In 1959, Whittaker classified living things into the five kingdoms or major groups shown below.
  4. A living organism's body design is used to identify and categorize it based on its form and function.
  5. As a result, life form classification is tied to their evolution, whereas living organisms are classified based on a range of variables.
  6. Whittaker grouped biological beings into five kingdoms or major categories in 1959.
  7. Those are- Kingdom Monera (Prokaryotic bacteria and blue green algae), Kingdom Protista (Unicellular Eukaryotic organisms- protozoans, fungi and algae), Kingdom Fungi (Multinucleate higher fungi), Kingdom Plantae (Multicellular green plants and advanced algae), Kingdom Animalia (Multicellular animals).

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