GCEBiologyClassification of Living Things2019

A student examines an organism under the microscope and notes that it has a nucleus, chloroplasts, and moves using flagella. This organism is BEST classified as a

ABacterium
BBryophyte
CProtozoan
DFlagellate algaCORRECT
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The organism possesses a true nucleus (eukaryotic), chloroplasts for photosynthesis, and flagella for locomotion — features characteristic of flagellate algae such as Euglena or Chlamydomonas, which belong to the kingdom Protista. Bacteria are prokaryotic and lack a nucleus. Bryophytes are multicellular land plants. Protozoans lack chloroplasts and cannot photosynthesize.
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