While exploring a newly exposed shoreline, you find a new protist. It appears to be multicellular, it uses carbon dioxide from the air to carry out photosynthesis, and its chloroplasts closely resemble those of ferns and grasses. This organism is most likely to belong to the group
A) brown alga.
B) apicomplexan.
C) diatom.
D) green alga.
E) slime mold.

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The organism described is most likely a green alga because it is multicellular, carries out photosynthesis using carbon dioxide, and has chloroplasts similar to those found in ferns and grasses, which are characteristics of green algae and land plants.

While Exploring a Newly Exposed Shoreline, You Find a New