Question

Read Making the most of a meal
Stephen Ornes
2010
Which quotation from the article highlights the significance of chloroplasts to sea slugs?
A. "Pierce and his colleagues already knew that once a slug has chloroplasts inside its cells, it can use photosynthesis to make food" (Paragraph 8)
B. "Other animals, like coral, have been known to stash cells containing chloroplasts and use some of the food they make."
(Paragraph 8)
C. "One idea was that when an animal absorbed the chloroplasts, the chloroplasts came with a lifetime supply of chlorophvll." (Paragraph 9)
D. "Deep inside almost every living cell are genes, which function like recipes for how to make what the organism needs." (Paragraph 10)

Answer 1

The quotation that highlights the significance of chloroplasts to sea slugs is:

A. "Pierce and his colleagues already knew that once a slug has chloroplasts inside its cells, it can use photosynthesis to make food" (Paragraph 8).

This statement directly emphasizes the role of chloroplasts in enabling sea slugs to photosynthesize and create their own food, which is a crucial aspect of their biology.