A living thing, whether it has one cell or many cells, is called what?
AAn organelle
BAn organism
CA microbe
DAn antibody
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. An organism
1. Bacteria live as a single cell, while humans are made of many cells; both are alive.
2. Any living thing, one-celled or many-celled, is called an organism.
3. An organelle is a small part inside one cell, far below the level of a whole living thing.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Cell Structure", section 4.1 Studying Cells_
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