Amoebas, like all protists,

are single-celled organisms. Cells are

the building blocks for all life forms.
"Single-celled" means that amoebas
have only one cell for their entire
body. A human body has more cells
than you can count.
The inside of an amoeba is a jelly-like
fluid called cytoplasm. Bits of food
and other materials float around in the
protoplasm.
Amoebas are so tiny that you need a
microscope to see them. They live in
water, including lakes, ponds, streams,
rivers, and puddles. Some can even
live in the bodies of animals.
The most important part of an amoeba
might be the pseudopod (pronounce it
"sudopod").
The psuedopod is used to help the
amoeba move, and also to eat. It is a
part of the amoeba's body that it can
stretch out and pull itself with. Or, to
eat, the amoeba stretches out the
pseudopod, surrounds a piece of food,
and pulls it into the rest of the
amoeba's body.
Amoebas reproduce (make more
amoebas) by a process called binary
fission. This means that one amoeba
can split in half and make two
identical new amoebas.