Biological Classification Flashcards
Who gave 3 kingdom classification
Heckel
Who gave protista
Heckel
Why was kingdom protista made?
Lacks well defined boundary
No tissue differentiation
Who gave 4 kingdom classification
Copeland
When was 4th kingdom given? What was the 4th kingdom given?
Copeland, after the discovery of microscope
What all comes under monera?
All microscopic organism
What are the drawbacks of earlier classification
Prokaryotes(blue green algae) and eukaryotes (green algae)
Unicelled(clamydomonas, chlorella) and multicelled(spirogyra)
Autotrophs and heterotrophs
Plants and fungi placed together
What is 5 kingdom classification
Whittaker’s classification
Overcame all previous drawbacks
What are the kingdoms in 5 kingdom classification?
Monera
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Prokaryotes are placed in which kingdom
Monera
All eukaryotes are placed in
Protista
Fungi
Animal
Plants
Eukaryotes are further divided in
Unicelled(protista) and multicelled (fungi, animalia, plants)
Multicelled eukaryotes are further divided in
Autotrophs (plantae) and heterotrophs (fungi, animalia)
Heterotrophs are further divided in
Cell wall present (fungi) and cell wall absent(animalia)
What are the basis of classification in 5 kingdom classification
Mode of nutrition
Thallus organisation
Reproduction
Phylogeny
Cell structure
