BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM PROTISTA
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Question
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While looking through the microscope, you observe a green, flagellated organism with a definite nucleus. You are probably seeing a(n):
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protozoan
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bacterium
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fungus-like protist
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algae
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Under the microscope they appear like balloon or pear-shaped chrysophycean cells, each with two golden chloroplasts, present in roundish motile colonies. Every cell has two flagella prominent outwards from the colony, and a stem fixed inward near to the colony center.
Detailed explanation-2: -The somatic cells of a Volvox colony each feature two flagella (whiplike appendages), several contractile vacuoles (fluid-regulating organelles), a single chloroplast (the site of photosynthesis), and an eyespot used for light reception.
Detailed explanation-3: -A compound microscope is therefore an essential piece of equipment for anyone wishing to discover the world of algal diversity.
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