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Cells are called the basic unit of life because, all living things come from other living things.

  • cells are called the basic units of life, because all living things are made from cells. (some living things are unicellular,have 1 cell, and some living things are multicellular,have more than 1 cell) human beings are multicellular, while bacteria are unicellular.
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Basically all living organism must have at least one cell to survive and to carry out its function.Organism like virus, viriods or prions are not considered as living organism as they can't carry out its function outside the host cell.

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