You must decide how to classify a newly discovered organism, but you have only limited test materials to help you make your decision. Chemical A glows if a nuclear envelope is present. Chemical B turns blue in the presence of chloroplasts. Chemical C fizzes when mixed with chitin. After testing the organism, you find out that it glows, doesnʹt turn blue, and fizzes. You classify this organism as a
A) bacterium.
B) diatom.
C) slime mold.
D) fungus.
E) zooflagellate.

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The organism is classified as a fungus because it glows, indicating the presence of a nuclear envelope (which fungi have), doesn't turn blue, meaning it lacks chloroplasts (which fungi do not have), and it fizzes when mixed with chitin, a component of the cell walls of fungi.

You Must Decide How to Classify a Newly Discovered Organism