Asked by Chuck Bass

Why are chromists considered plantlike?

Chromists are multicellular.

Many chromists are photosynthetic.

Most chromists are heterotrophic.

None of these are true.

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Many chromists are photosynthetic.

Explanation: Groups within Chromista (diatoms, brown algae, golden algae) contain chloroplasts and perform photosynthesis, which makes them plantlike in function, even though they are not true plants and include both unicellular and heterotrophic members.