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There is no natural death in single celled organisms like Amoeba and bacteria because

A

they cannot reproduce sexually

B

they reproduce by binary fission

C

parental body is distributed among the offspring

D

they are microsocpic.

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c

There is no natural death is single celled organisms like Amoeba and bacteria. It is so, because of asexual reproduction, the body of parent cell is divided into daughter cells. So , in effect, there is no practical death in Amoeba and bacteria.
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