What are the five kingdoms of Living Beings? How is each one of them different from the other?
Five Kingdoms Of Living Beings
The 5 kingdoms of living organisms are
1) Monera- Prokaryotic cell, primitive cell (unicellular)
a) These organisms do not have well-defined nuclei.
b) They are unicellular.
c) Some of them may have cell walls; some do not.
d) The mode of nutrition can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.
e) Membrane-bound organelles are not present.
f) Example- bacteria’s, cytoplasm.
2) Protista- Eukaryotic cell, unicellular.
a) This group includes many eukaryotic and unicellular organisms.
b) Some of these organisms use hair-like structures called whip-like flagella for their movement.
c) Their mode of nutrition can be autotrophic and heterotrophic.
d) Example- Algae, Di-atoms and protozoans.
3) Fungi- Eukaryotic cell, multicellular.
a) These are organisms that are multicellular and have a cell wall present in them.
b) Their mode of nutrition is heterotrophic. They do not perform photosynthesis.
c) Some of these use decaying organic matter as food and are called saprotrophes.
d) Other organisms of this group use the protoplasm of a host organism as food for their growth and are called parasites.
e) Example- Yeast, all fungi, mushrooms, mold.
4) Plantae- Eukaryotic cell, multicellular.
a) They are multicellular organisms with a cell wall present in them.
b) They perform photosynthesis.
c) Their mode of nutrition is autotrophic.
d) Example- All green plants like trees, herbs, shrubs, etc.
5) Animalia- Eukaryotic cell, multicellular,
a) They are multicellular organisms without cell walls present in their body.
b) Their mode of nutrition is heterotrophic.
c) They have a complex body structure but well organised and well functioning of organs and nucleus, cells inside there body.
d) Example- Humans, Animals.
– Written By Aruja
