Biology: Concepts and Applications (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 20, Problem 3SQ
The presence of a contractile vacuole indicates that a single-celled protist _______.
| a. is marine | c. is photosynthetic |
| b. lives in fresh water | d. secretes a toxin |
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