Question

Organisms have been divided into how many kingdoms?
1. 6
2. 5
3. 7
4. 4

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 5

• Whittaker proposed an elaborate five-kingdom classification – Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
• Carl Woese proposed a six-kingdom classification - Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaea/Archaebacteria, and Bacteria/Eubacteria.
• In the six-kingdom classification, Monera was divided into two parts Archaea and Eubacteria.

MONERA (EUBACTERIA & ARCHAEA)	Prokaryotic, unicellular organisms. No cell nucleus nor any other membrane-bound organelles within their cells.
PROTISTA	Green, golden, red, and brown unicellular algae large, single eukaryotic cell. The nucleus is enclosed by a membrane.
FUNGI	Multicellular, with a cell wall, organelles including a nucleus, but no chloroplasts. They have no mechanisms for locomotion.
PLANTAE	Multicellular form with specialized eukaryotic cells. Do not have their own means of locomotion.
ANIMALIA	Multicellular form with specialized eukaryotic cells. They have their own means of locomotion.