Question 5 — You find an unlabelled slide - Questions at the end of the chapter - Chapter 12 - Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification

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Question 5
You find an unlabelled slide of a single-celled organism that has a well-defined nucleus and multiple cilia. Which group would it most likely belong to? Give reasons.
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  • A well-defined (true) nucleus means it is a eukaryote , and being single-celled with cilia points to Kingdom Protista .
  • It resembles Paramecium , a ciliated single-celled protist.
Nucleus plus Cilia A true nucleus means a eukaryote Single-celled with cilia, like Paramecium So it belongs to Protista
Back to: 12.6.2 Kingdom Protista
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