Question 13 — A scientist discovers a new - Questions at the end of the chapter - Chapter 12 - Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification

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Question 13
A scientist discovers a new organism with the characteristic features of locomotion and autotrophic nutrition. Which character(s) would help the scientist identify the organism belonging to Protista according to the five kingdom classification?
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  • Locomotion with autotrophic nutrition in a single-celled eukaryote points to a protist like Euglena .
  • The key characters are being unicellular with a true nucleus that both moves and photosynthesises — features of Kingdom Protista.
A Moving Autotroph A single cell with a true nucleus It both moves and photosynthesises Like Euglena - a protist
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