Every organism needs food.Does a cell also need it ?Explain very briefly
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Cell Food Requirements. Chief among the necessary "foods" that a cell needs are carbohydrates and proteins. Carbohydrates serve as an immediate energy source for cells. These starches and simple sugars like glucose are carried to cells throughout the body of an organism.
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As every organism requires food to live so as the cell requires it. Cell requires energy to perform physicochemical activities. It derives its energy from ATP molecules produced by oxidation of glucose. ... Hence, mitochondria are termed to be 'Power houses of the cells
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Yes, a cell needs food because as our body needs it and our body is made up of different types of cell, so indirectly cells need food to make an organism alive.
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