Question

The cell is the fundamental______ unit of living organisms and also.the basic ______ unit of life

Answer 1

Answer:

The cell is the fundamental, functional unit of living organisms and also the basic structural unit of life.

Additional Information:

• The simplest unit of a larger system is called a cell.

• The word cell comes from the Latin word 'cellula' which means a little room.

• Organisms such as bacteria are the best examples to illustrate why the cell is called the functional unit of life.

• Bacteria are made up of single cells and able to carry out vital functions such as nutrition, respiration etc. the way an individual organism does. This proves that cell is capable of being independent and can carry out all functions which are necessary for living being.

• A cell is made up of two parts name protoplasm and cell membrane.

• A scientist named A.V Leeuwenhoek constructed his own microscope and was first one to observe tiny little bacteria under the microscope, the term cell was first coined by Robert Hooke in 1665.

Answer 2

AnswEr:

The cell is the fundamental $\red{\underline{\bold{Functional}}}$ unit of all living organisms and also the basic $\blue{\underline{\bold{Structural}}}$ unit of life.

ExTra InFo:

• Cell - First cell was discovered in 1665 by Robert Hooke. He made his own microscope and observed some honeycomb like structures in cork ( cork is obtained from bark of tree ). He named them "cells"

• That time, cell means "Empty rooms or spaces"

• Cell contains cell membrane ( also called plasma membrane or lemma ), nucleus, cytoplasm and organelles.

• Some organelles :

★ mitochondria ( also called power house of the cell )

★ Endoplasmic reticulum

★ Lysosomes ( suicidal bags )

★ ribosomes ( protein factory )

★ plastids ( present in plant cell only )

★ Golgi apparatus ( or golgi bodies )

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