NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cells are the basic units of life capable of doing all the required biochemical processes that a normal cell has to do in order to live. The basic needs for the survival of all living organisms are the same. All living organisms need to respire, digest food for obtaining energy, and get rid of metabolic wastes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The smallest functional unit of life is cell, discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665. A cell can independently perform all necessary activities to sustain life. Hence cell is the basic unit of life. There are two types of cells → plant cell and animal cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cells are the structural and functional units of life because a cell is capable of independent existence and can carry out all the vital functions for living. A cell carries out functions like nutrition, respiration, excretion, transportation and reproduction; the way an individual organism does.

Detailed explanation-4: -The cell is the structural and functional unit of life, and all the organisms are made up of cells of different size, shape, number and structural organization. Cells are also known as ‘building blocks of life’. The study of cell is called ‘cell biology or cytology’.