LEARNING AREA

CELL AS A UNIT OF LIFE

LEARNING OBJECTIVE
UNDERSTANDING UNICELLULAR AND
MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS

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TITLE : CELL AS A BASIC UNIT OF LIFE

INTRODUCTION :

Organisms are divided into two types which are unicellular organisms and multicellular
organisms. Both of the organisms can carry out all life processes such as movement, feeding,
respiration, reproduction, growth, excretion and respond to external stimuli.

OBJECTIVE : Understanding unicellular and multicellular organisms

 UNICELLULAR
ORGANISMS

Chlamydomonas Yeast

Euglena Amoeba

Paramecium
 MULTICELLULAR
ORGANISMS

Spirogyra Mucor

Hydra Plant

Frog
DISCUSSION :
 CHARACTERISTICS OF UNICELLULAR AND
MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS

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Have nucleus
Have cytoplasm Unicellular Multicellular
Organism Organism

Simple organism Complex organism

Made up of only Made up of more
one cell than one cell
Very tiny Larger size

PHYSICAL CHANGES THAT CAN OCCUR WHEN THE

NUMBER OF CELLS IN ORGANISMS INCREASES

TYPE OF ORGANISMS
 UNICELLULAR GROUP MULTICELLULAR
ORGANISMS ORGANISMS

• Chlamydomonas • Spirogyra
• Yeast NAME/EXAMPLES • Mucor
• Amoeba • Hydra
• Euglena • Plant
• Paramecium • Frog

Have only one cell COMMON Have more than one cell
CHARACTERISTIC

CONCLUSION : Organisms are divided into two types which are unicellular and
multicellular organisms. Unicellular organisms made up of only one cell
while multicellular organisms are made up of more than one cell.

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