Question

state the merits of whittaker's method of classification
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Answer 1

Answer:

Whittaker's method of classification is more scientific and natural because of the following merits:

1) It is the most accepted modern classificationsystem due to the phylogenetic placing of different living organisms.

2)In this system separation of prokaryotes into an independent kingdom is justifiable.

Explanation:

==>Whittaker proposed an elaborate five kingdom classification – Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. The main criteria of the five kingdom classification were cell structure, body organisation, mode of nutrition and reproduction, and phylogenetic relationships.

==>Five kingdom classification is better and more natural than two kingdom classification. It places the unicellular and multicellular organisms separately. It places the autotrophs and heterotrophs separately. It places the fungi in a separate group (kingdom Fungi) as it has a different mode of nutrition.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Whittaker's method of classification is more scientific and natural because of the following merits:

1) It is the most accepted modern classificationsystem due to the phylogenetic placing of different living organisms.

2) In this system separation of prokaryotes into an independent kingdom is justifiable.

Explanation:

==> Whittaker proposed an elaborate five kingdom classification - Monera, Protista, fungi, Plantae and Animalia. The main criteria of the five kingdom classification were cell structure, body organisation, mode of nutrition and reproduction, and nhulogenetic relationships

==>five kingdom classification is better and more natural than two kingdom classification. It places the unicellular and multicellular organisms separately. It places the autotrophs, and hele aces is separately. separgite group (kingdom fungi) as it has a different mode of nutrition.

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