Question

Mention any two drawbacks in classifying organisms under the old two kingdom classification.

Concise Biology Class IX By H.S. Vishnoi CHAPTER 10-FIVE KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION

Answer 1

Explanation:

* this system did not distinguish between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

* did not distinguish between photosynthetic and non photo synthetic

* did not distinguish between unicellular and multicellular

Answer 2

The drawbacks of the two kingdom classification are:

1) There was no distinction proposed between unicellular organisms and multicellular organisms.

2) Though fungi have a different structure and formation than the plants still it was classified under plant kingdom.

3) There was no clear distinction made between organisms with plants like structure and animal-like structure.

4) No distinction made between unicellular organisms and multicellular organisms.