Studying the relationships between organisms and their life processes can help scientists gain a better understanding of the history of life on Earth. Which of the following best describes the relationship between protists and prokaryotes?
1) Prokaryotes are less complex than protists, which suggests they have different genetic codes.
2) Protists can photosynthesize, which suggests they evolved before prokaryotes.
3) They are both unicellular, which suggests they share similar methods of reproduction.
4) They both undergo transcription and translation, whichsuggeststheysharecommon orig

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Studying the relationships between organisms and their life processes can help scientists gain a better understanding of the history of life on Earth. Which of the following best describes the relationship between protists and prokaryotes?  
1) Prokaryotes are less complex than protists, which suggests they have different genetic codes.
 2) Protists can photosynthesize, which suggests they evolved before prokaryotes.
3) They are both unicellular, which suggests they share similar methods of reproduction.
4) They both undergo transcription and translation, whichsuggeststheysharecommon orig

anonymous · Answer

I could really use the help. AP Biology is kicking my butt.

somy · Answer

to be honest 2 and 3 make no sense to me/ are certainly wrong but 1 and 4 are quite tricky

anonymous · Answer

None of it makes ssense to me. Thanks for helping narrow it down I'll take and educated guess out of the two.

somy · Answer

1) Prokaryotes are less complex - they refer to the genes 
prokaryote is unicellular microorganism and its very simple to study as compared to our cells- eukaryotes - we are very complex 
protists are eukaryotic microorganisms but they have unicelluar as well as multicellular ones  so it must be rather more complex as compared to prokaryotes 

2) Protists can photosynthesize, which suggests they evolved before prokaryotes. - this is quite wrong coz again protists are eukaryotic microorganisms 
and the property of photosynthesizing has come from prokaryotes - endosymbiotic theory : it says that a photosynthesizing prokaryote was ingested by a eukaryote which resulted in photosynthesizing eukaryote, so the option is wrong coz they could not evolve before prokaryotes 

3) They are both unicellular, which suggests they share similar methods of reproduction. - they are relating protists and prokaryotes - and again protists are not necessarily unicellular, meaning they can be multicellular also 

4) transcription and translation is one of the common processes between all living things if im not mistaken (virus also does it but only when it has a host cell) 
so whether it makes them from same origin or not - don't know really <.<

somy · Answer

do they make more sense now?