An Earlier Classification Grouped Organisms by Whether They Inhabited the Air

question 5

Multiple Choice

An earlier classification grouped organisms by whether they inhabited the air, land or sea. However, the five-kingdoms-of-life and three-domains system divided into class-order-family-genus-species as described in this chapter is superior because it

• A) better represents the origin of features held in common-the unity of life in DNA, etc.
• B) better reflects the origin of adaptations-the diversity of life for differing environments.
• C) allows the organization of over 900,000 different species.
• D) groups organisms based on similarities related to their structure and evolution.
• E) All of the choices are correct.