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 information, 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? (1 point) Responses the presence of cell structures in the cell the presence of cell structures in the cell the presence of different cell shapes the presence of different cell shapes the absence of cell structure membranes the absence of cell structure membranes the absence of a nucleus

Answer 1

The trait that is least likely to help you identify the correct group of the organism in this scenario is the presence of different cell shapes.

This is because both bacteria and protists can exhibit a variety of shapes, and while this trait is a characteristic of many organisms, it does not definitively distinguish between bacteria and protists. In contrast, the presence or absence of a nucleus and cell membranes are more directly indicative of whether the organism is a prokaryote (bacteria) or a eukaryote (protist).