NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why is Kingdom Protista known as the “Junk Drawer Kingdom?”
A
The kingdom contains a wide variety of organisms.
B
Protists are more unusual than organisms in other kingdoms.
C
The kingdom contains organisms that do not meet the characteristics of living things.
D
Protists are prokaryotic, but also multicellular.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Protists are eukaryotic cells which are neither animal or plant or fungi. Most protists are unicellular but not all of them. Some protists are multicellular as well. This Kingdom Protista is sometimes known as Junk Drawer because it comprises eukaryotes which does not fit into any other Kingdom.

Detailed explanation-2: -These unique organisms can be so different from each other that sometimes Protista is called the “junk drawer” kingdom. Just like a junk drawer, which contains items that don’t fit into any other category, this kingdom contains the eukaryotes that cannot be put into any other kingdom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Protists are extremely diverse in terms of their biological and ecological characteristics, partly because they are an artificial assemblage of phylogenetically unrelated groups.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Kingdom Protista is considered the most diversified kingdom since it contains diverse unicellular and multicellular eukaryotic organisms.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kingdom Protista is often referred to as the “junk drawer” of biological classification. Organisms that do not fit into other Kingdoms are often categorized as Protists. Some Protists are animal-like and share common characteristics with animals.

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