Question

While snorkeling in the ocean you find large, leafy organisms that are brownish in color growing in large masses. You are unsure whether they are protists since they look quite plant-like. If they are actually protists, what characteristic will the organism’s cells exhibit?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer will be they will exhibit protist characteristics like flagellated or ciliated cells.

Explanation:

Large brown leafy organisms that present in the ocean are the members of brown algae. These algae belong to the subgroup of Stramenopiles of  Chromalveolata supergroup.

These groups are called seaweeds or kelps whose life cycle shows alternation of generation: sporophyte (2n) and gametophyte (n). The male gametes produced are flagellated that is containing flagella which help to swim or move the sperm in the water. This flagellated sperm has to reach the female gamete or egg cell for fertilization.

Thus, flagellated or ciliated cells is the correct answer.

Answer 2

They have Flagella for movement.
They mostly lives in water.
They have eukaryotic cells