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Question
What are the kingdoms in the five kingdom system of classification?
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Solution
The five kingdoms in this system are:
- Monera – It includes all the prokaryotes like bacteria and cyanobacteria. They are important decomposers.
- Protista – It includes the aquatic, eukaryotic, acellular organisms like protozoans.
- Fungi – This kingdom includes moulds, mushrooms and yeasts.
- Plantae – It includes all the coloured, multicellular, eukaryotes with cell walls.
- Animalia – These are multicellular eukaryotes lacking cell wall and showing heterotrophic nutrition.
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