The ancestor of photosynthetic euglenids took up the chloroplast of a green alga.This explains why photosynthetic euglenids
A) have a flagellum.
B) have the same photosynthetic pigments as plants.
C) are ancestral to land plants.
D) have two nuclei.
E) lose their photosynthetic pigments when kept in the dark.

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The fact that euglenids took up the chloroplast of a green alga explains why they have the same photosynthetic pigments as plants, as chloroplasts contain these pigments. The other choices are not directly related to the presence of the chloroplast.

The Ancestor of Photosynthetic Euglenids Took Up the Chloroplast of a Green