How are cells different to the bricks of a building?

Answer 1

Cells are similar to bricks because they are the simplest form of a bigger thing (building) and both cells and bricks are stacked upon each other and function to one primary job such as keeping the body together or supporting a building

Answer 2

When referring to cells in the hierarchy of organisms broken down into levels using a school as an analogy.....

Cells are bricks, tissues are walls, organs are classrooms, organ systems are hallways, and the organism is the school.

Answer 3

The building bricks are arranged and organized to form walls, houses, large buildings etc.. Similarly, the cells in the bodies of living organisms are organized in a specific way and form the body of organisms. Thus, we can conclude that cells are similar to the brick of a building.

Answer 4

Cells are the basic fundamental and functional unit of life. They are also known as building blocks. It is cell which combines to form tissues and tissues to organ and ogans to organ system and organ systems to organism.

Similarly bricks combine to form walls and walls to building.

They are different as cells form living organism and bricks form non living organism. Cell can divide but a brick cannot divide. The constituents of cell are its cell organelles and the constituents of brick are soil etc.

Answer 5

cells are similar by the shape and size

cells are similar by the shape and size

Answer 6

cells are living

Answer 7

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