Ch 7

This chapter is about the varieties of plants and animals The great diversity of plants and animals have been divided so that they van be easier to study Whittaker has proposed the five kingdom of classification that is 1.monera 2.protista 3.fungi 4.plantae 5.animalia In plantae those are further divided into five categories that is 1.gymnosperms 2.angiosperms 3.thallophyta 4.bryophyta 5.pteridophyta In animalia these are divided into ten categories that is 1. Porifera(lowest organisms) 2.coelenterata(live in water) 3.platyhelminthes(these are triploblastic) 4.nematoda(body flattened) 5.annelida(true body cavity) 6.arthropoda(largest group of animals) 7.mollusca(cavity is reduced) 8.echinodermata(spiny mammals skin) 9.protochordata(new body designs) 10.verterbata(used for muscle attachment)