Which do you think is a more basic characteristic for classifying organisms? (A) the place where they live. (B) the kind of cells they are made of and why?
The classification of organisms on the basis of the kind of cell they are made of is a more basic characteristic. Because the organism belonging to the prokaryotic group will have their different structure and functional pattern from the eukaryotic group hence it is easy to classify organisms. On the other hand, the classification of organisms on the basis of the place where they live is difficult because by living in the same habitat they hardly share any features. Like wale starfish October fishes, all are aquatic but they do not have the same features