In a sample of pond water, a new organism is identified with the following characteristics: It consists of 70 cells surrounded by rigid cell walls, which join the cells together. Inside each of these identical cells are mitochondria and chloroplasts. Such an organism would most likely be classified as a
A) colonial photosynthetic eukaryote.
B) fungal photosynthetic eukaryote.
C) colonial photosynthetic prokaryote.
D) multicellular photosynthetic prokaryote.
E) colonial eukaryotic fungus.

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The organism is a colonial photosynthetic eukaryote because it has multiple cells with rigid cell walls, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, indicating it is eukaryotic and capable of photosynthesis.

In a Sample of Pond Water, a New Organism Is