The Elodea plant is an organism. It is made of many cells and it is a multicellular organism. ... It however, has one cell, single-celled organism.

What type of cell is Elodea?

This Elodea leaf cell exemplifies a typical plant cell. It has a nucleus, and a stiff cell wall which gives the cell its box-like shape. The numerous green chloroplasts allow the cell to make its own food (by photosynthesis). The central vacuole takes up most of the volume of the cell.

How many cells are in an Elodea leaf?

The leaves of Elodea are only two cells thick and are ideal for the microscopic study of the effects of osmotic solutions. Freshwater is hypotonic to Elodea A hypotonic solution is a solution that contains less (hypo) solutes than the cytoplasm of the cell.