Use the Following Information to Answer the Questions Below

question 7

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the questions below.
Golden algae are a group of protists whose color is due to carotenoid pigments: yellow and brown. Most have two flagella and all are photosynthetic. A group of students was given a significant sample of one of these (Dinobryon) that is colonial. Their instructions for the project were to design two or more experiments that could be done with these organisms.

-Since these organisms are protists, which of these characteristics could the students assume to be true?

• A) The organisms are photosynthetic.
• B) All of them are marine.
• C) They are single-celled.
• D) They lack membrane-bound organelles.
• E) Each has a single circular molecule of DNA.

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