Question

Aristotle & Linnaeus classified living organisms into 2 kindoms - Plants & Animals. How many kingdoms did Whittaker create?

Answer 1

Whittaker created five kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi, and Monera.

Step-by-step explanation:

Whittaker created five kingdoms in his classification system. These kingdoms are:

1. Animalia - includes multicellular organisms that are heterotrophic (obtain energy from consuming other organisms).
2. Plantae - includes multicellular organisms that are autotrophic (obtain energy from photosynthesis).
3. Protista - includes unicellular eukaryotic organisms.
4. Fungi - includes non-photosynthetic multicellular organisms that obtain nutrients by decomposing organic matter.
5. Monera - includes prokaryotic organisms (bacteria and archaea).