NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ferns and mosses belong to which kingdom?
A
Kingdom Protista
B
Kingdom Fungi
C
Kingdom Plantae
D
Kingdom Eubacteria
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kingdom Plantae includes green, brown and red algae, liverworts, mosses, ferns and seed plants with or without flowers. They have the following characteristics: They are multicellular organisms with walled and frequently vacuolate eukaryotic cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants are all members of the plant kingdom. The plant kingdom contains mostly photosynthetic organisms; a few parasitic forms have lost the ability to photosynthesize. The process of photosynthesis uses chlorophyll, which is located in organelles called chloroplasts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Plantae includes all land plants: mosses, ferns, conifers, flowering plants, and so on-an amazing range of diverse forms. With more than 250, 000 species, they are second in size only to the arthropoda.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mosses are nonvascular primitive plants that produce spores, whereas ferns are vascular plants. Furthermore, mosses lack genuine stems, leaves, and roots, whereas ferns have a plant body that is divided into actual stems, leaves, and roots.

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