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Use the table to answer the following question.
OrganismABC D AppearanceMicroscopic,unicellular, with a flagellum Shaped like a basketball, covered  with purple filaments, multicellular Hard and branched. multicellular,covered in a sticky coatingMulticellular with cell wallsHabitat/ActivitySwims around in freshwater poolsRolls slowly across grassy fieldsAttached to rocky surfacesFlies across fieldsNutrientAcquisitionEnvelops andconsumes othermicroscopicorganismsThrives with accessto only freshwaterand sunlightTraps insects insticky coating anddissolves themConstructs nets totrap flyingorganisms, andsucks out internalfluidsReproductionMates with others; young bud offMates with others; young emerge from hardened spherical structuresNo mating, releases winged young that fly off and affix tobare rocksMates with others, and disperses young ballistically\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{|l|}\hline \\\text {Organism}\\\hline \\\\\\\text {A}\\\hline \\\\\\\\\text {B}\\\hline \\\\\\\text {C} \\\hline \\\\\\\text { D }\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline \\\text {Appearance}\\\hline \\ \text {Microscopic,}\\ \text {unicellular, with a}\\\text { flagellum}\\\hline\text { Shaped like a}\\ \text { basketball, covered }\\\text { with purple}\\ \text { filaments,}\\ \text { multicellular }\\\hline\text {Hard and branched. }\\\text {multicellular,}\\ \text {covered in a sticky }\\\text {coating}\\\hline\\\\\text {Multicellular with }\\\text {cell walls}\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline \\\text {Habitat/Activity}\\\hline \\\\\text {Swims around in }\\\text {freshwater pools}\\\hline \\\\\\\text {Rolls slowly across }\\\text {grassy fields}\\\hline \\\\\text {Attached to rocky }\\\text {surfaces}\\\hline \\\\\\\text {Flies across fields}\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline\text {Nutrient}\\\text {Acquisition}\\\hline\text {Envelops and}\\\text {consumes other}\\\text {microscopic}\\\text {organisms}\\\hline\\\text {Thrives with access}\\\text {to only freshwater}\\\text {and sunlight}\\\hline\\\text {Traps insects in}\\\text {sticky coating and}\\\text {dissolves them}\\\hline\text {Constructs nets to}\\\text {trap flying}\\\text {organisms, and}\\\text {sucks out internal}\\\text {fluids}\\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline \\\text {Reproduction}\\\hline\\\\\text {Mates with others; }\\\text {young bud off}\\\hline\text {Mates with others;}\\\text { young emerge from }\\\text {hardened spherical }\\\text {structures}\\\hline\text {No mating, releases }\\\text {winged young that }\\\text {fly off and affix to}\\ \text {bare rocks}\\\hline\\\\ \text {Mates with others, }\\ \text {and disperses }\\ \text {young ballistically}\\\hline\end{array}\end{array}

As you are on the way to Tahiti for a vacation, your plane crash lands on a previously undiscovered island. You soon find that the island is teeming with unfamiliar organisms, and you, as a student of biology, decide to survey them (with the aid of the Insta-Lab Portable Laboratory you brought along in your suitcase) . You select four organisms and observe them in detail, making the notations found in the figure.
In which of the organisms listed would you search for photosynthetic genes?


A) organism A
B) organism B
C) organism C
D) organism D

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