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?

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.

Answer 1

A. Each of the cells in the organism will have its own nucleus.

Step-by-step explanation:

While snorkeling in the ocean you find large, leafy organisms that are brownish in color growing in large masses. To be sure that they are protists since they look quite plant-like, the characteristic that the organism's cells exhibit will be that each of the cells in the organism will have its own nucleus.

This is because protists are eukaryotes, which simply means it has its own nucleus and are usually single celled.