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Title: Please read what I wrote about single celled organisms (very easy and short!)?
Post by: smokeyd on Oct 12, 2012
Single celled organisms have the same properties of either animals or plants. A single celled animal would be heterotrophic, without chloroplasts, and have a cell membrane and lysosomes. A single celled plant would be autotrophic, have chloroplasts, cell walls, a large vacuole and no lysosomes.

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Is the above correct? Should I add anything else?


Title: Please read what I wrote about single celled organisms (very easy and short!)?
Post by: juiceboxhero on Oct 12, 2012
yes you are correct.  however i would call it a single celled animal, just a single celled organism.. animal is implying its more like a cat which you are not saying at all, your implying a bacteria, archea or protist.  I believe that a single celled organism can also be autotrophic, however it would be both.. called heteroautotrophic and the plant can be photoautotrophic.


Title: Please read what I wrote about single celled organisms (very easy and short!)?
Post by: smmiller223 on Oct 12, 2012
you are correct!