Ashley was observing a specimen using a microscope. She observed a group of cells on the slide. She noticed they were different shapes. Some were clumped together and some formed chain-like shapes, with no visible nucleus in the middle of the cells. They also did not contain any structures that would allow them to move independently. She concluded she was looking at eukaryotic cells from a multicellular organism. Her lab partner Heather disagreed and insisted that they were observing a group of prokaryotic bacteria cells. Who is correct, and which piece of evidence supports the correct claim?(1 point)

Question

Ashley was observing a specimen using a microscope. She observed a group of cells on the slide. She noticed they were different shapes. Some were clumped together and some formed chain-like shapes, with no visible nucleus in the middle of the cells. They also did not contain any structures that would allow them to move independently. She concluded she was looking at eukaryotic cells from a multicellular organism. Her lab partner Heather disagreed and insisted that they were observing a group of prokaryotic bacteria cells. Who is correct, and which piece of evidence supports the correct claim?(1 point)

Responses

Ashley; the cells were uniform with no structures for movement
Ashley; the cells were uniform with no structures for movement

Heather; the cells were different shapes grouped together with no visible nucleus
Heather; the cells were different shapes grouped together with no visible nucleus

Ashley; some of the cells were clumped together
Ashley; some of the cells were clumped together

Heather; the cells had structures that would allow them to move

Answer 1

Heather is correct. The piece of evidence that supports her claim is that the cells were different shapes grouped together with no visible nucleus. This indicates that they are prokaryotic bacterial cells, as eukaryotic cells from a multicellular organism would have a visible nucleus and would typically be uniform in shape.