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Which organisms were included in the five kingdom classification system?
Which organisms were included in the five kingdom classification system?
- Mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects.
- Bacteria, blue green algae, fungi, mosses, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. (correct)
- Viruses, bacteria, fungi, plants and animals.
- Algae, fungi, birds, mammals and reptiles.
What was the unifying characteristic of the kingdom in the five kingdom classification system?
What was the unifying characteristic of the kingdom in the five kingdom classification system?
- The presence of chloroplasts.
- The ability to perform photosynthesis.
- The presence of a nucleus.
- The presence of a cell wall. (correct)
What did the three-domain system propose dividing the Kingdom Monera into?
What did the three-domain system propose dividing the Kingdom Monera into?
- Four domains.
- Two domains. (correct)
- Five domains.
- Three domains.
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- The five kingdom classification system was used for grouping organisms.
- The system included bacteria, blue green algae, fungi, mosses, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
- The unifying characteristic of the kingdom was the presence of a cell wall.
- The system grouped together prokaryotic bacteria and blue green algae with eukaryotic groups.
- Unicellular and multicellular organisms were also grouped together.
- The system did not differentiate between heterotrophic fungi and autotrophic green plants.
- Fungi had chitin in their walls.
- The three-domain system proposes dividing the Kingdom Monera into two domains.
- The three-domain system results in a six kingdom classification.
- The three-domain system will be studied in higher classes.
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