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Which organelle may have allowed early eukaryotes to make food produce oxygen?

A. the Golgi apparatus
B. the central vacuole
C. the plastids

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the plastids because this is a class of small organelles such as chloroplasts in the cytoplasm of plant cells containing pigment or food
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C. the plastids

Plastids, such as chloroplasts, are organelles that are responsible for photosynthesis in eukaryotic cells. During photosynthesis, these organelles use light energy to produce food (glucose) and release oxygen as a byproduct. This process played a crucial role in the early evolution of eukaryotes and the production of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.
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