AP BIOLOGY

THE CELL

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CELL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The little rooms where monks live are known as ____
A
chambers
B
cells
C
closets
D
cupboards
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A cell is a small room used by a hermit, monk, nun or anchorite to live and as a devotional space. Cells are often part of larger cenobitic monastic communities such as Catholic and Orthodox monasteries and Buddhist vihara, but may also form stand-alone structures in remote locations.

Detailed explanation-2: -A monastery is a building in which monks live.

Detailed explanation-3: -A monastery is a sacred building and a home to men called monks. Monks spend their time and their lives worshipping God. There are monks still living in monasteries across the world today. During the Middle Ages there were monasteries throughout the land.

Detailed explanation-4: -A cloister is usually the area in a monastery around which the principal buildings are ranged, affording a means of communication between the buildings. In developed medieval practice, cloisters usually followed either a Benedictine or a Cistercian arrangement.

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