It could be an example of adaptation.
The organism that Michelle is studying can best be classified into the domain EUKARYA.
The three domain classification system was introduce by a scientist named Carl Woese. The classification system categorizes all living organisms into three basic domains, which are: archaea, bacteria and eukarya. The archaea and the bacteria groups represent the prokaryotes while the eurkarya group represent the eukaryotes. Eukaryotic organisms are divided into plants and animals. The eukaryotic plants, even though they are multi cellular like animals have some features, which distinguish them from the animals, these include: ability to produce their own food and inability to move around their environment.
