You find a new organism. It gains nutrients by secreting enzymes outside of itself and absorbing the digested product. It is eukaryotic and has a cell wall containing chitin. It reproduces with spores. You classify the new organism as a(n):

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The characteristics listed match those of a fungus. Fungi secrete enzymes outside of their bodies and absorb the digested products, have eukaryotic cells with chitin-containing cell walls, and reproduce with spores. Arthropods have an exoskeleton and jointed legs, plants carry out photosynthesis and have a cellulose cell wall, and bacteria are prokaryotic and lack a nucleus.

You Find a New Organism