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This freshwater protist is made up of two cell types and forms large colonies: (check all that apply) Group of answer choicesVolvox sp.Chlamydomonas sp.Euglena sp.

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This freshwater protist is made up of two cell types and forms large colonies: (check all that apply) Group of answer choicesVolvox sp.Chlamydomonas sp.Euglena sp.

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The correct answer is Volvox sp.

Step 1: Understand the question The question is asking for a freshwater protist that is made up of two cell types and forms large colonies.

Step 2: Analyze the options

  • Volvox sp.: Volvox is a genus of chlorophytes, a type of green algae. It forms spherical colonies of up to 50,000 cells. They live in a variety of freshwater habitats, and were first reported by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1700. Volvox is a polyphyletic genus in the volvocine green algae clade. Each mature Volvox colony is composed of up to thousands of cells from two differentiated types, small somatic cells and large reproductive cells (gonidia).

  • Chlamydomonas sp.: Chlamydomonas is a genus of green algae consisting of about 325 species all unicellular flagellates, found in stagnant water and on damp soil, in freshwater, seawater, and even in snow as "snow algae". Chlamydomonas is used as a model organism for molecular biology, especially studies of flagellar motility and chloroplast dynamics, biogenesis, and genetics. One of the many striking features of Chlamydomonas is that it contains a single, large chloroplast.

  • Euglena sp.: Euglena is a genus of single-celled flagellate eukaryotes. It is the best known and most widely studied member of the class Euglenoidea, a diverse group containing some 54 genera and at least 800 species. Species of Euglena are found in freshwater and salt water. They are often abundant in quiet inland waters where they may bloom in numbers sufficient to color the surface of ponds and ditches green (Euglena viridis) or red (Euglena sanguinea).

Step 3: Choose the correct answer Based on the information above, the correct answer is Volvox sp. because it is made up of two cell types and forms large colonies.

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