Fill in the blanks
(a) Five kingdom classification of living organisms is given by ……… .
(b) Basic smallest unit of classification is ……. .
(c ) Prokaryotes are grouped in kingdom ……. .
(d) Paramecium is a Protista because of its ....... .
(e) Fungi do not contain ....... .
(f) A fungus..... can be seen without microscope.
(g) Common fungi used in preparing the bread is ....... .
(h) Algae and fungi form symbiotic association called ....... .

Explanation

Five kingdom classification of living organism was proposed by Whittaker (1959). Linnaeus proposed the hierarchial system of classification which states that species are the smallest unit of classification.
The first kingdom classification given Whittaker is kingdom-Monera which includes Protista which are unicellular eukaryotic organisms including protozoans (Paramecium) and algae. Third kingdom is fungi which are multicellular organisms. Fungi are multinucleate, do not posses chlorophyll and depends on others for their food (i.e., heterotrophs). Fungi form a network of hyphae which are called as mycellium. These helps in the absorption of mineral from the substrate.
There are multicellular and can be seen without microscope. yeast are the fungi grouped as moulds helps in the prepraties of bread. There are unicellular fungi. Lichens shows symbiotic association (mutual relationship) between algar and fungi which co-exist for mutual benefit.