Whittaker’s five kingdom classificationव्हिटेकर का पाँच जगत वर्गीकरण

NCERT Fig 12.5 · interactive diagram

Parts and their functions

• Kingdom Monera (जगत मोनेरा) — Unicellular prokaryotes (no membrane-bound nucleus): bacteria, cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), archaea. Found everywhere, even hot springs.
• Kingdom Protista (जगत प्रोटिस्टा) — Unicellular eukaryotes, with or without a (cellulose) wall: Amoeba, Paramecium, Euglena, Chlamydomonas.
• Kingdom Fungi (जगत कवक) — Mostly multicellular, cell wall of chitin, absorb food (saprophytes = decomposers): mushroom, Aspergillus, Penicillium; yeast is unicellular but has a chitin wall.
• Kingdom Plantae (जगत पादप) — Multicellular, cellulose cell wall, autotrophic (photosynthesis) — producers.
• Kingdom Animalia (जगत जंतु) — Multicellular, no cell wall, heterotrophic — consumers; most move and respond quickly.

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