Question

You look under a microscope at an unknown organism and you observe 24 homologous pairs of chromosomes. What type of cell are

you observing and how do you know?

Answer 1

Eukaryotic cell

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given question, when the chromosomes were observed, the number of chromosomes was found to be 48 but are present in the homologous pairs that are 24 pairs are observed.

Since the chromosomes are observed as a homologous pair which is a characteristic feature of a eukaryotic cell. The prokaryotic cells just possess one chromosome which is circular in shape.

Since the observed cell possesses the chromosomes as homologous pairs, therefore the cell is a eukaryotic cell.