Mariana drew a picture of a cell and showed it to Erik. The diagram below shows what she drew.

Erik compared it to other types of cells and identified it as an animal cell. How did Erik know this?

The cell has a nucleus.

The cell has a chloroplast.

The cell does not have genetic material.

The cell does not have a cell wall.

Erik knew that the cell was an animal cell because it did not have a chloroplast, genetic material, or a cell wall, which are characteristics typically found in plant cells.