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Lesson: Chapter 8 — Characteristics of Living Organisms

8.1. Cellular organization 4 of 7

Question 4

Which single cell marks the beginning of a multicellular organism?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The zygote. A sperm and an ovum fertilise to form the zygote, and it then divides again and again.

The ovum and the sperm are the cells that exist before the zygote — no new organism begins until they join. A root hair cell is already a specialised cell.

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