NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following kingdoms includes both unicellular and multicellular?
A
Kingdom Monera
B
Kingdom Protista
C
Kingdom Plantae
D
Kingdom Animalia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The kingdoms that include both unicellular and multicellular organisms are Protista and Fungi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Protists are simple eukaryotic organisms that are neither plants nor animals or fungi. Protists are unicellular in nature but can also be found as a colony of cells. Most protists live in water, damp terrestrial environments or even as parasites.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kingdom Protista includes all eukaryotes that are not animals, plants, or fungi. It consists of both single-celled and multicellular organisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -The structure of multicellular organisms is made up of numerous cells. Amoeba, paramecium, yeast all are examples of unicellular organisms. A few examples of multicellular organisms are human beings, plants, animals, birds, and insects.

Detailed explanation-5: -Members of the domain Eukarya include both unicellular and multicellular representatives from the ∼1-m ocean-dwelling “picoplanktonic” alga Ostreococcus to the blue whale (∼34 m) – a difference in size of over 7 orders of magnitude. Animals, plants, and fungi all have microbial eukaryotic (protistan) sister groups.

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