Your teacher gives you a mystery species to investigate. She wants you to determine the mystery species’ kingdom. She gives you the following clues:
● The mystery species can perform photosynthesis.
● The mystery species is multicellular.
● The mystery species has a cell wall.
After receiving the clues you start to eliminate the kingdoms into which you know your species does not belong. Which of the following explanations is accurate?
A.
I can eliminate both bacteria kingdoms because bacteria are multicellular.
B.
I can eliminate the animal kingdom because all animals are unicellular.
C.
I can eliminate the animal kingdom because animals do not have cell walls.
D.
I can eliminate the animal kingdom because they have cell walls but cannot perform photosynthesis.