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? a. Each of the cells in the organism will have its own nucleus.
b. The cells will form a colony with separate groups of cells doing various jobs.
c. The cells will form a colony without differentiating into separate tissues.
d. Most of the cells in the organism will have cilia or flagella.
a. Each of the cells in the organism will have its own nucleus.
Explanation:
This is most likely the characteristic that the organisms would share. Protists are organisms that have cells containing a nucleus, and that are not animal, plant or fungus. However, the classification is vague, and most members have very little in common with each other. The term is sometimes used in order to group very different organisms for convenience.
