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NEET · Botany · Biological Classification
Which of the following statements about the Five Kingdom...
Which of the following statements about the Five Kingdom classification system is true?
Options
- AIt differentiates between heterotrophic and autotrophic groups
- BIt only classifies plants and animals
- CIt is no longer used in modern biology
- DIt does not differentiate between heterotrophic and autotrophic groups
Correct answer
D. It does not differentiate between heterotrophic and autotrophic groups
Step-by-step solution
Earlier classification systems included bacteria, blue green algae, fungi, mosses,ferns, gymnosperms and the angiosperms under ‘Plants’. The characterthat unified this whole kingdom was that all the organisms included had acell wall in their cells. This placed together groups which widely differed inother characteristics. It brought together the prokaryotic bacteria and theblue green algae ( cyanobacteria) with other groups which were eukaryotic.It also grouped together the unicellular organisms and the multicellularones, say, for example, Chlamydomonas and Spirogyra were placed togetherunder algae. The classification did not differentiate between the heterotrophicgroup – fungi, and the autotrophic green plants, though they also showeda characteristic difference in their walls composition – the fungi had chitin in their walls while the green plants had a cellulosic cell wall.