A scientist discovers a new organism and is trying to classify it. Which observations would most likely indicate that the organism is an animal?

Animals are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms that obtain food by consuming other organisms; many can move from place to place. Being multicellular and able to move, as in choice C, is the strongest match among these choices. Choice A describes a photosynthetic organism, while B is unicellular and D is prokaryotic—neither is characteristic of animals.

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