The teacher gives a group of students a mystery species to investigate. The teacher wants students to determine the mystery species' kingdom. The teacher provides 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, the students start to eliminate the kingdoms into which the mystery species does not belong.
Which of the following explanations is accurate?
A. Students can eliminate the animal kingdom because animals are multicellular but do not perform photosynthesis.
B. Students can eliminate the protist kingdom because only protists that do not have cell walls can perform photosynthesis.
C. Students can ell
ate the animal kingdom because animals have cell walls but cannot perform photosynthesis.
D. Students can eliminate the protist kingdom because protists that are multicellular cannot perform photosynthesis.