2. Unicellular Organism

Sarah shows off her art skills!

Definition: A unicellular organism is an organism that is made up of only one cell, and has all of it's function carried out within the one cell.

What the specimen is: This little guy is a plankton, named Plankton. Plankton are single celled creatures that float with the ocean currents. These creatures can be either tiny animals called zooplankton, or tiny plants called phytoplankton.

Where we found it: Sarah drew this picture of Plankton herself, he is a character from the Tv show Spongebob Squarepants. (Yes. She still watches it) In season six, he calls himself a "a grown single celled organism" so she thought this would be appropriate.

How it relates to unicellular organism: Plankton is a zooplankton and self admitted single celled organism. However he is said to be two inches tall, much larger than what a single celled organism should be. Then again, the show is about a talking sponge who lives in a pineapple. Scientific accuracy wasn't exactly the main focus of what they were going for.