Organization of Life: Levels of Organization of Life:

1. Cell-Single celled organisms: In these organisms, a single cell usually carries

out all the body processes. Examples of organisms that exist as single cell are
Amoeba, Euglena and Paramecium.

2. Tissue: Some organisms exist as a tissue which performs all the life functions
example is the Hydra. Details about hydra are explained further down in the
tutorial.

3. Organ: Some organisms exist as an organ like the organ of storage in the onion
bulb,. Another example of plant organ can be found in rhizome. Heart is an animal
organ which is part of a system in the body of multicellular organisms.

4. System: Mammalian system and system in flowing plants, reproductive system,

excretory system etc.

5. Complexity of organization in higher organisms, the advantages and disadvantages