Question

You receive a sample slide of an organism. While observing it under a microscope, you notice that the organism is single-celled and green in color. There are multiple individual organisms on the slide. Based on this initial info, you guess that it is either a bacterium or a protist. Which trait is LEAST LIKELY to help you identify the correct group of this organism?

A) the absence of the nucelus
B) the presence of different cell shapes
C) the presence of cell structures in the cell
D) the absence of cell structure membranes

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

B) the presence of different cell shapes

Different cell shapes can be found in both bacteria and protists, so this trait would not be the most helpful in determining the correct group of the organism. The other traits listed, such as the presence or absence of a nucleus, presence of cell structures, and presence of cell structure membranes, are more characteristic of specific groups of organisms and would be more helpful in identifying the organism.