Using bright-field microscopy to look at a slide prepared with a basic dye you observe cells with a clear inner compartment within the cell at 400X magnification. The cell is most likely a(n)
A) prokaryote.
B) bacterium.
C) archaeon.
D) eukaryote.

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Prokaryotes do not have a clear inner compartment or organelles visible under bright-field microscopy. Bacteria and archaea are both types of prokaryotes, so they also would not have this feature. Eukaryotes, on the other hand, have membrane-bound organelles (such as the nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum) that would create a clear inner compartment visible at 400X magnification.

Using Bright-Field Microscopy to Look at a Slide Prepared with a Basic