The document summarizes Robert Whittaker's five kingdom classification system which divides life into five kingdoms - Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia - to overcome the limitations of the two kingdom system. Each kingdom is defined based on characteristics like cellular structure, nutrition, and mobility. The five kingdom system classified all of life into these five taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities.

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2. Five Kingdom Classification
submitted by
Nidhina .p.k
natural science
roll no : 107
N.S.S training college
pandalam .

3. • Classification :- The arrangement of
plants and animals in
taxonomic groups
according to their
observed similarities.

4. Five kingdom classification
• Proposed by Robert.H.Whittaker
• To over come the draw back of Two Kingdom Classification.
• Classified living world in to five kingdoms
Robert.H.Whittaker
1920 - 1980
 Kingdom Monera
 Kingdom Protista
 Kingdom Fungi
 Kingdom Plantae
 Kingdom Animalia

5.  Kingdom Monera
• Unicellular Organisms
• Without definite nucleus
Eg : Bacteria
 Kingdom protista
• Unicellular and some multicellular
organisms similar to them
• With definite nucleus
Eg : Amoeba

6.  Kingdom fungi
• Heterotrophic
• Unicellular / Multicellular
• Don’t have the power of locomotion
Eg : Fungs
 Kingdom plantae
• Autotrophic
• Multicellular
• Don't have the power of locomotion
Eg : Plants

7.  Kingdom animalia
• Heterotrophic
• Multicellular organisms
• Have the power of locomotion
Eg : Animals

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