Question

Some characteristics of a recently discovered organism are listed in the following table.

|Organism Characteristics| Eukaryotic
Multicellular
Produces spores
Can reproduce sexually and asexually
Lacks chlorophyll Non-motile

Based on the given characteristics, this organism would be classified in which kingdom?

Bacteria

Protista

Plantae

Fungi

Answer 1

Fungi

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given question, the characteristics of an organism have been provided based on which the organism can be distinguished. The characteristics are:

1. Multicellular: Bacteria is unicellular therefore other options could be the answer.

2. Eukaryote: Protista is a eukaryotic organism but unicellular therefore the answer could be either plant or fungi.

3. Lacks chlorophyll: all plants possess chlorophyll therefore the organism could be Fungi.

4. Produce spores and reproduce sexually and asexually: confirms that the organism is Fungi as the fungi show these characteristics.

Thus, Fungi is the correct answer.