
Episode 25: Organs, Tissues and Systems
The Science of Everything Podcast
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The Different Types of Organisms
When you think of an organism, that's sort of a single living thing. Does it have to have multiple organ systems? Well, a bacteria doesn't have organ systems. In fact, that doesn't even have tissues. It's just a single cell. What about a tree? What does that have in common with an ant that they can both be called organisms? And an ant's not even exactly another wasp and so on. Some of those social insects are not even really, they can't really survive by themselves. They need to survive within the context of their colony. So it's actually a little bit more complicated than you might think. But for that one, it's hard
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