BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM PROTISTA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Which of the following is NOT TRUE of Euglena?
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It is phototactic
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It contains chloroplasts
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It moves by pseudopodia
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Its cell body is not surrounded by a cell wall
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -This organism creeps along by stretching its cytoplasm into fingerlike extensions called pseudopodia. The word “pseudopodia” means “false foot".
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: Euglena doesn’t have a cellulosic cell wall.
Detailed explanation-3: -So, the correct option is ‘Euglena is a flagellate organism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some protists have one or more flagella, which they rotate or whip: these are typically euglena. Others are covered in rows or tufts of tiny cilia that they coordinately beat to swim-typically paramecium.
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