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=Evelyn= A cell is considered the basic unit of life because every living thing on Earth is made is made up of cells.Cells works together to form tissues. Tissues forn organs. Organs form an organelle. Then a living thing like me! All cells look different and do different things. Here is a video! It's actually a rap that a bunch of 7th graders made up! media type="custom" key="2980054"
 * EQ1- Why is the cell considered the basic unit of life?**

Will- that was a reallly cool rap that explained a lot of cells and it really gave good examples and I learned a lot from it.:)

Alexandre- Nice rap, I likes it. =) Learned stuff from it. Yes.

Mrs. B - nice rap. Will and Alexandre, what good examples did it give? What did you learn?

Evelyn: I agree with you. Every living thing needs cells!

Katherine: hahah the rap was cool. it told us uhh..the nuclues controls the cells, the nuclues is protected by the nuclear membrane..etc and it tells you a lot like their relationships of each different kind of cells.

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=Iraj=
 * The cell is the basic unit of life, all cells are made up of one or more cells. All organisms are made of cells working together as tissues. Tissues working together as organs. Organs working together as systems. Systems working together as organisms. **

by Andrew Mason http://flickr.com/photos/a_mason/19191446/  Mrs. B: You need a more thorough answer. I wonder if that is a painting of red blood cells? Anyone know the job that red blood cells do? How does a blood cell fit with the cell to tissue to organ to organ system to organism? Back to Top

=Katherine= The cell is the basic unit of life because every living things are made out of cells. In order to have something living in the world, you'll need a organism, organism are made from organs that have a specific system, organs are made from tissues that formed with cells, so you need cells to form something living. Different cells have different size, shape, structures and functions, a tiny cell can effect the organ system to function differently, so cells are what made up every living things. Image: blood www.flickr.com/photos/78364563@N00/55294330

Mrs. B: Anyone know what the white thing is in the picture? Katherine: I think i know.. It's white blood cell, I think when you start bleeding, those cells either stop the bleeding or it fights off the germs. Harry: It is a white blood cell, which attack harmful bacteria in your body. Katherine: told you told you told you that is exactly what i said.

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Evelyn: That was soo funny! Your soo chubby.....Anyway I totally agree! You could have gave an example.:) Patrick: Funny! I agree. Without cells, there is no life at all Timothy: I agree with what you said. You look funny :]. Katherine: haha..you do look chubby. but it was pretty good. very agree :D Back to top

=Alexandre= The cell is the basic unit of life because EVERY living thing is made up of cells. See, if there are no cells, there is no life. Dinosaurs? THEY HAVE CELLS. See, here's the cycle: Cell-Groups of cells=Tissues-Group of tissues=Organ-Group of organs=Organ systems (i.e. Respiratory system)Group of organ systems= Organism. Yes, we are made out of cells. Want examples? Blood cells. That's a start. And cells make molecules! So, when you take a cell away from a molecule (I'd like to see you try that), that molecule is well, not really a molecule anymore! So that is my answer. <<< This is a bacteria cell. It looks like a FUSION of a porcupine fish and a squid. Ew. http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_on_10_5_2005_19_58_33/bacteria3.jpg57cf8dd8-3a59-404f-a868-d60b29c80a96Large.jpg

Mrs. B: "So, when you take a cell away from a molecule (I'd like to see you try that), that molecule is well, not really a molecule anymore!" I don't get this part. Molecules are in cells, not the other way around. Can you re-explain it? Cool picture! I don't like to think that that thing could crawl up my nose, making me sick. I'm really glad I don't pick my nose!! Timothy: very interesting. Cool picture. I agree with you that all living things require cells = = Back to Top = =

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Bryant= Cells are the basic unit of life because basically every single organism on Earth is made up of cells. Cells come in many different shapes, sizes and color, beings like animals, plants and humans like yourself, cells make up every part of your body. When cells work together they form tissues, tissues work together and becomes organs, while organs work together to form systems like the respiratory system. Systems then work together to form organisms like us. Without cells there would be no life..

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Mrs. B: Need a more thorough answer and a picture.

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=Helen= A Cell is the basic unit of life because all living things come from other living things. Which means all cells come from exsisting cells. So all living things come fom cells. A cell is defined as a functional unit of an organism, because it is the smallest thing that has the things that we think are important for life. Some organisms, like bacteria, are unicellular, having only one cell. Other organisms, such as humans, are multicellular which is when groups of cells work together. http://science.exeter.edu/jekstrom/Teach/Biology/Elodea/JPEG/ELODEA2a.JPG

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=Timothy= I think the reason cells is considered the basic unit of life is because in order for something to live, they need cells. When cells work together, they form tissues, such as muscle tissues, etc. When tissues work together, they form organs. Organs then work together to form systems, such as respiratory system, digestive system, circulatory system, etc. Systems work together to form organisms, although plant cells doesn't work like that. Cells can come in many different size, shape, and even color. Although they are different, they still create organisms like us!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/2383172799/

James: I agree nice picture Jonathan: Very true! Your order from cells to tissues...... is exacly right! Good job! (nice picture)

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=Harry=

media type="custom" key="2990500" Ta-Dah!

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=India= Here is a video of me explaining my first essential question- why are cells considered to be the basic unit of life you might not be able to understand me, its my 3rd day with braces, SORRY media type="custom" key="2994766" Katherine: hahah it was good that you gave an example. it was kind of hard to understand.. hahahah you were good :D

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Sofia
Cell's are considered the basic unit of life because every living life form are made of cells. Every cell has a different job to do. Humans are made of 100 trillion cells. Cells work together to form tissues, tissues form organs, organs form organ systems and organ systems form organisms. Back to top

Victoria
Cells are called the basic unit of life because everything is made out of them! cells just work like blocks. You see you start out with one block and one cell, but if you place lots of blocks together and build lots of cells together in the right way, You get a block tower and tissue! Then you add different towers together and work tissues together you get a castle and a organ. Now with different organs and different block structures (moat, wall, watch tower) you get a organ system and a castle system, with different systems, you get organisms (human, animals) and a Kingdom of blocks. See, and this all started with a block and a cell Back to top