distinguish between unicellular and multicellular organisms . give two examples of each
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The main difference between unicellular and multicellular is some organisms are made-up of single cell termed as unicellular while multicellular are made-up of two or more cells.Single celled organism is called unicellular organism. ... They are more large, huge and specialized cells. They are classified as eukaryotes.
Difference 1:-
1.unicellular organisms are single celled organisms.
2.multicellular organisms have more than one cell.
difference 2:-
1.the unicellular organisms do various activities on its own.
2.multicellular organisms depend on other cells to perform various activities.
difference 3:-
1.unicellular organisms include eukaryotes and prokaryotes
2.multicellular organisms include eukaryotic cells only.
difference 4:-
1.unicellular organisms contain nucleus and some other components.
2.but multicellular organisms contain all components like mitochondria .......so on.
difference 5:-
1.unicellular organisms reproduce by asexual reproduction.
2.multicellular organisms reproduce by sexual reproduction.
difference 6:-
1.ex.amoeba, bacteria , paramaecium .... etc. are examples for unicellular organisms.
2.plants,animals,zygote,including humanbeings are examples of multicellular organisms.
difference 7:-
1.an injury of unicellular organisms affect the whole body which cause to death.
2.an injury of cell in multicellular organisms doesnot affect the whole body.
difference 8:-
1.life period is very short in unicellular organisms.
2.life period is larger than the unicellular organisms in multicelled.
difference 9:-
1.unicellular organisms donot have certain shape
2.multicellular organisms have definite shape.
difference 10:-
1.unicellular includes hetrotrophic.
2.multicellular organisms includes both autotrophic and hetrotrophic.
examples of unicellular organisms are :
Paramecium..
Amoeba..
Plasmodium
Euglena
examples of multicellular organisms are :
Hydra (Animal)
Spirogyra (plant)