11. Eukaryote


This is a picture of a turtle. A turtle is an example of an eukaryote. An eukaryote is an organism whose cells have nuclei with membranes and organelles. All protists, fungi, plants, and animals have these types of cells, so an animal such as a turtle would be classified as an eukaryote. That turtles are eukaryotic is also a reason why turtles are complex organisms. Since eukaryotic cells are more complex than prokaryotic cells, turtle is multicellular and a complex organism versus an organism like bacteria.