Question

List any two basic of five kingdom classification process by robert whittaker mention in brief the basis of classification between plant and animal

Answer 1

Criterion for classification: Proposed by  R.H Whittaker (1969)

a) Complexity of cell structure: prokaryotic and Eukaryotic  

b) Complexity of organisms: Unicellular or multicellular  

c) Mode of nutrition: Plantae (autotrophs), Fungi (heterotrophs and saprobic  absorption, Animalia (heterotrophs and ingestion)  

d) Life style: Producers (Plantae), Consumers (Animalia), Decomposers (Fungi)

e) Phylogentic relationships: prokaryotes to eukaryotes, unicellular to multicellula