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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

Question 19 • PA Human Anatomy & Physiology A 2026-2027 SMITH IC

Based on the endosymbiotic theory, what cell would result from the endosymbiosis of a cell with a cyanobacterium?

Answer
A
a eukaryotic cell that can make its own food
B
a eukaryotic cell that can make its own food
C
a prokaryotic cell that can make its own food
D
a prokaryotic cell that can make its own food
E
an aerobic bacterium
F
an aerobic bacterium
G
an anaerobic bacterium
H
an anaerobic bacterium

Explanation

Cyanobacteria perform photosynthesis. In endosymbiotic theory, a cell that engulfed a cyanobacterium could retain it as a chloroplast, allowing the resulting eukaryotic cell to make its own food. Thus the correct choice is “a eukaryotic cell that can make its own food.”

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