Cells in many celled organisms - pity
Cleveland P. Hickman, Jr. He received his Ph. He has published numerous articles and research papers in fish physiology, in addition to co-authoring these highly successful texts: Integrated Principles of Zoology, Biology of Animals, Animal Diversity, Laboratory Studies in Animal Diversity, and Laboratory Studies in Integrated Principles of Zoology. Over the years Dr. His interests include scuba diving, woodworking, and participating in chamber music ensembles. She received her Ph. cells in many celled organismsAmoebae are single-celled eukaryotes Polypore fungi and angiosperm trees are large many-celled eukaryotes. Phylogenetic tree of life Carl Woese.
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Viruses do not appear here because there is no evidence of how they relate to the other three kingdoms of life An organism is an individual living thing. It is easy to recognize a living thing, but not so easy to define it. Animals and plants are organisms, obviously. Organisms are a bioticor living, part of the environment. Rocks and sunshine are parts of the non-living environment. Organisms usually have five basic needs to continue their metabolism. They need airwaternutrient foodenergyand a place to live.
However, not all living things need all these at the same time. Many organisms do not need access to air at all.
A little thought is needed about viruses. There is no agreement as to whether they should be regarded as living.
They are made of protein and nucleic acidand they evolvewhich is a really important fact. However, they exist in two quite different phases. One phase is dormantnot active. Mant other is inside a living cell of some other organism. Then the virus is very active reproducing itself.
Consider the parallel with a computer program. When in use it is active; when it is not, it is completely inactive. It is still a program all the same.
Another example from biology is the sporewhich is a distribution phase of a bacteriafungus or some plants. They are not active until they get to the right situation.]
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