Organization of Living Things

What's a benefit to being multicellular?

• More hot dogs

• Longer life

• You aren't a bacteria

• You have dead skin cells on you

A tissue is:

• A group of similar cells that perform a common function

• What you blow your nose into

• A thin slice of ham

• The barrier around a cell

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An organ is a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body,

• True

• False

Why are specialized cells important?

• They can type faster

• They never die

• They make an organism more efficient

• They provide energy for the cell

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What is an organ system?

• A band name

• A type of organism

• A group of organs that work together

• A function of the nervous system

Anything that can carry out life processes independently is a(n)

• Cell

• Robot

• Organic pumpkin

• Organism

The arrangement of parts in an organism is its structure.

• True

• False

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What is the special, normal, or proper activity of an organ or part?

• Muscular activity

• Function

• Cells

• Organism

Single-celled organisms are usually larger than multicellular organisms.

• True

• False

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A leaf is a plant organ.

• True

• False