Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : In Whittaker's five kingdom classification, the fungi are shown separately from Protista.

Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : In Whittaker's

1.	Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : In Whittaker's five kingdom classification, the fungi are shown separately from Protista.
Answer» Solution :In five kingdom classification PROPOSED by Whittaker, in kingdom Protista many kinds of unicellular eukaryotic organisms are INCLUDED. The animals of this kingdom can be autotrophs or heterotrophs, with or WITHOUT cell wall.The organisms of kingdom Fungi are saprophytic organisms. Many of them are MULTICELLULAR organisms. They have cell wall made of chitin. HENCE, in Whittaker.s five kingdom classification, the fungi are shown separately from Protista.