Multicellular Organisms Are Constructed from Many Types of Specialized Cells

question 81

Multiple Choice

Multicellular organisms are constructed from many types of specialized cells. Why might this be more advantageous than being a single-celled organism?

• A)Specialized cells can do a given job better than a general-purpose cell can.
• B)Specialized cells can survive independently of the multicellular organism.
• C)Nonspecialized cells do not live as long as specialized cells.
• D)Nonspecialized cells are unable to stick together to make up a multicellular organism.

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Definitions:

Class Inclusion

The principle that one category or class of things can include several subclasses.

Subclasses

Categories that are subordinate to a larger class, providing a means to organize elements into hierarchies or specializations.

Make Believe

Engaging in imaginative play, pretending, or creating a fictional scenario.

Conservation

In cognitive psychology, the principle that properties of substances, such as weight and mass, remain the same (are conserved) when superficial characteristics such as their shapes or arrangement are changed.