What would happen to a bacterial cell if its protective covering was destroyed? It would be better protected from the outside environment. It would be able to take in materials more easily. It would be harmed by chemicals in the environment. It would reproduce more slowly.

it would be harmed by chemicals in the environmenti

unicellular organisms, like bacteria, are able to perform all life functions within one single cell. multicellular organisms need many different types of cells to carry out the same life processes. each of these special types of cells has a different structure that it perform a specific function.