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Biology, animal kingdom, plantae, fungi, can't think of the rest need help.

2006-09-06 10:51:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

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Living organisms are subdivided into 5 major kingdoms, including the Monera, the Protista (Protoctista), the Fungi, the Plantae, and the Animalia. Each kingdom is further subdivided into separate phyla or divisions.

Generally "animals" are subdivided into phyla, while "plants" are subdivided into divisions. These subdivisions are analogous to subdirectories or folders on your hard drive. The basic characteristics of each kingdom and approximate number of species are summarized in the following table:

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1. Kingdom Monera [10,000 species]: Unicellular and colonial--including the true bacteria (eubacteria) and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
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Eukaryotic Cells With Nuclei And Membrane-Bound Organelles:

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2. Kingdom Protista (Protoctista) [250,000 species]: Unicellular protozoans and unicellular & multicellular (macroscopic) algae with 9 + 2 cilia and flagella (called undulipodia).
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3. Kingdom Fungi [100,000 species]: Haploid and dikaryotic (binucleate) cells, multicellular, generally heterotrophic, without cilia and eukaryotic (9 + 2) flagella (undulipodia).
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4. Kingdom Plantae [250,000 species]: Haplo-diploid life cycles, mostly autotrophic, retaining embryo within female sex organ on parent plant.
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5. Kingdom Animalia [1,000,000 species]: Multicellular animals, without cell walls and without photosynthetic pigments, forming diploid blastula.

2006-09-06 10:59:14 · answer #1 · answered by shepardj2005 5 · 0 0

Monera (Prokaryote), Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
The classification of living organisms has been controversial throughout time, and these schemes are among those in use today. Aristotle’s system distinguished only between plants and animals on the basis of movement, feeding mechanism, and growth patterns. This system groups prokaryotes, algae, and fungi with the plants, and moving, feeding protozoa with the animals. The increasing sophistication of laboratory methods and equipment, however, revealed the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, prompting a classification system that reflects them. Most recently, five kingdoms have emerged to take both cellular organization and mode of nutrition into account.
In 1938 American biologist Herbert Copeland proposed a fourth kingdom, Monera, to include only bacteria. This was the first classification proposal to separate organisms without nuclei, called prokaryotes, from organisms with nuclei, called eukaryotes, at the kingdom level.
In 1957 American biologist Robert H. Whittaker proposed a fifth kingdom, Fungi, based on fungi's unique structure and method of obtaining food. Fungi do not ingest food as animals do, nor do they make their own food, as plants do; rather, they secrete digestive enzymes around their food and then absorb it into their cells.

2006-09-06 10:57:38 · answer #2 · answered by isaac a 3 · 1 1

The 5 kingdom equipment of classification has been shown to be bullshit. the present approach we use is the three-area one (Archaea, Eubacteria, Eukarya). the two-kingdom technique was Aristotle's try at classification - blanketed in basic terms Animals and flowers. The 5-ok one stated as all unicellular non-eukaryotes "Monera", and dedicated 4 entire kingdoms to eukaryotes, even nonetheless the form became into simplest superficial i.E. The genetic similarity, because it became into placed later, did no longer in besides mirror the morphological selection.

2016-12-12 03:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by tollefson 4 · 0 0

Plantae, Monera, Animalia, Protista, Fungi
I'm a science geek

2006-09-06 10:57:05 · answer #4 · answered by shawn da man 2 · 1 1

Kingdom monera, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia.

2006-09-06 11:00:58 · answer #5 · answered by lilpinay 6 · 0 0

there could be up to 6 kingdoms and they are eubacteria, archaebacteria, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia

2006-09-10 10:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

the kingdom of no liberals. ahh what a perfect place... no socalist/communist systems and everyone would be rich because capitalism works

2006-09-06 10:57:37 · answer #7 · answered by Hadrian07 (AKA: Radix) 2 · 0 1

kingdom of fungirls, can't forget them

2006-09-06 11:00:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Protista is one.

2006-09-06 10:56:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

for got haven!

2006-09-06 10:54:12 · answer #10 · answered by brooke h 3 · 0 1

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