I'm beginning to study biology and I've been looking under microscopes and all that. I don't understand why a cell is alive..what's keeping it alive? How does it know what to do..like a mini factory..with the components working together? It seems like it has some sort of intelligence that directs it. What is keeping the cell alive?
2007-10-21 12:32:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
"Know" isn't the right idea. But keep this question in mind as you study biology. Even more fascinating, you started as a single strand of DNA. At some point, as your cells are dividing, some become lung, some become arm, and some become eye. How does a dividing cell know to do that?
2007-10-21 14:54:52 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nucleus might be the right answer for this. Nucleus carry essentials informations and controls the cells. Nucleus contains the information on the cell's function. It has the gene, the DNA that codes for proteins and stuff. Nucleus are very important and perhaps you should learn a bit about nucleus and its function. That's a good point to start learning about the cells. And learning about the cell's component such as the mitochondria and other organelles in it may help as well.. :)
2007-10-21 19:50:08 · answer #2 · answered by farhanna f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your question is very wide
if i start answer this, i m so sure i can do thesis
ha ha
just kidding!
what i want to suggest u is that learn the best under the microscopes
and if u really wanna know how cells work
take cell biology class at college!
2007-10-21 12:36:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well .. i can answer that.. but that answer is really big... plus there are differnt kinds of cells.... but basicallly a cell helps yuour body in many different was... like the red blood cell carrys oxy gen to other cells in your body........... and takes the carbon dioxide to your longs so if will be thrown out of your body... and im in grade 8... way to smart for my age..lol
2007-10-21 12:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by Nadia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is very complex, too complex to begin to explain here. that's why (at my school anyways) it takes 3 quarters to finish anatomy and physiology. you will learn it all in time, and it is incredible how it all works.
I am taking microbiology now and it is really fascinating too!
2007-10-21 12:37:17 · answer #5 · answered by Count Chocula 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋