BIOLOGY: PROTISTA question?

Question

Many biologists consider the kingdom Protista to be polyphyletic. Which of the following statements is consistent with this conclusion?

a) various combinations of prokaryote ancestors gave rise to different lineages of protists.
b) animals, plants, and fungi arose from different protistan ancestors
c) multicellularity has evolved independently in different groups of protists.
d) chloroplasts in different eukaryotes are similar to different prokaryotes
e) archeozoans are intermediate and should be considered part of the protista.

Answer 1

a