Question

Question 14(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

(06.03 HC)

Some scientists have suggested that the Protista kingdom should be split into several groups instead of remaining as one group. Which of the following provides the best argument for dividing up the Protista?
A. Sporozoan Protista are more similar to the Fungi than they are to any of the other groups of Protista.
B.Colonial Protista have much more in common with other multicellular organisms than they do with unicellular Protista.
C. The Protista that have nuclei are significantly different from the rest of the Protista that lack a nucleus.
D. The Protista have very little in common with each other besides being unicellular and Eukaryota.

Answer 1

The answer is D. The Protista have very little in common with each other besides being unicellular and Eukaryota.

Protista is one of kingdom that consist of any eukaryotic that could not classified as plant, animal or fungi. Since the classification itself based on exclusion, protist group has much less similarity than other group. All protist is unicellular and eukaryote but other than that, they will have many difference in other aspect.