You Must Decide How to Classify a Newly Discovered Organism

question 77

Multiple Choice

You must decide how to classify a newly discovered organism, but you have only limited test materials to help you make your decision. Chemical A glows if a nuclear envelope is present. Chemical B turns blue in the presence of chloroplasts. Chemical C fizzes when mixed with chitin. After testing the organism, you find out that it glows, doesnʹt turn blue, and fizzes. You classify this organism as a

• A) bacterium.
• B) diatom.
• C) slime mold.
• D) fungus.
• E) zooflagellate.

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