Five Kingdoms of Life

Every living thing which lives on the earth is distributed among the five main kingdoms of biology. Kingdoms were developed to understand the characteristics and behavior of living organisms. Moreover, modern science defines living things more in different levels of classification of living things. Furthermore, the classification gives more knowledge about basic differences and similarities among organisms.

Living organisms are classified into five main groups that are called kingdoms. These kingdoms define similarities, structures, behaviors, and characteristics of living organisms. In ancient times, the living organisms were classified into two major kingdoms; plants and animals. But as science advanced and new forms of life discovered, it urged scientists to categorize living things in more than two kingdoms. In 1969, Robert H Whittaker extended the 2 kingdoms to 5 kingdoms. Which are:

• Kingdom Monera (Bacteria)

• Kingdom Protista

• Kingdom Fungi

• Kingdom Plantae

• Kingdom Animalia

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