True or False: Protista retain a unicellular classification, as they are unable to form tissue layers.

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Consider the claim about Protista and tissue formation in a careful way. 
Option 1: 'True' — This would assert that Protista are always unicellular and cannot form tissue layers. While many protists are unicellular, this option ignores the fact that the kingdom Protista also includes colonial and some multicellular organisms (e.g., certain algae and slime molds) that do not develop true, differentiated tissues. Therefore, asserting they are unicellular by necessity is inaccurate. 
Option 2: 'False' — Here we recognize that Protista is a diverse grouping. Some protists are indeed unicellular, but others form colonies or even more complex multicellular structures that lack true tissue-level organization. Since the statement overgeneralizes both unicellularity and tissue absence, it is not a universally correct characterization of Protista. 
In addition, the nuance matters: traditional taxonomy places many organisms that are not animals, plants, or fungi into Protista, and the presence or absence of tissue differentiation is not a fixed feature across all members. The misleading part is tying Protista exclusively to unicellularity and to an inability to form tissues, which does not hold for all members of the group. 
Option 3: 'True' would thus be misleading because it conflates the diversity within Protista with a single rigid trait. 
Option 4: 'False' is supported by the idea that classification schemes acknowledge unicellularity as common but not universal among protists, and that true tissue formation is a feature of higher Eukaryotic lineages outside Protista. 
Overall, the reasoning shows why the statement is not universally accurate and why the claim oversimplifies Protista’s diversity.

True or False: Protista retain a unicellular classification, as they are unable to form tissue layers.

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