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Answer the Questions

The yellow-highlighted lineages are protists in this phylogenetic tree of the eukaryotes. Which of the following is true?

a. The SAR Clade is a monophyletic group of protists.

b. Unikonta is a monophyletic group of protists.

c. The protists, as a whole, are monophyletic.

d. Archaeplastida includes the plants and excludes any protists.

Select all that apply. Primary endosymbiosis:

a. explains the presence of mitochondria in most eukaryotes.

b. explains the pressence of chloroplasts in green algae and other Archaeplastida.

c. explains the presence of chloroplasts in brown algae and other SAR Clade eukaryotes.

Endosymbiotic theory suggests that the nucleus is derived from a prokaryote endosymbiont that was able to undergo cellular respiration.

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a. True

b. False

Mixotrophs:

a. have unicellular and multicellular parts of their life cycles that differ in morphology.

b. have both bacterial and arcaheal features as a result of endosymbiosis.

c. can be both heterotrophic and autotrophic.

d. can be both parasitic and free-living.

Select the true statements regarding eukaryotes and protists.

a. Most eukaryotic lineages are protists.

b. Most eukaryotes are unicellular.

c. Most eukaryotes are plants.

d. Eukaryotes are multicellular.

e. Protists lack a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

The supergroup known as SAR is so named because it contains:

a. slime molds, archaeoplastids, and red algae.

b. stramenopiles, alveolates, and rhizarians.

c. seaweeds, apicomplexans, and radiolarians.

d. stramenopiles, animals, and rhizarians.