MulderMan Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Yesterday my brother was asking about what an organism is as he started to learn about microorganisms in school. He kept thinking an organism had to be tiny e.g microbes, so instead of describing humans as organisms i said macroorgansims. Just wondered if a macroorganisms is a real word or just me mixing words about? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMajik Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 No, I'm pretty sure that you are just mixing words around. Just out of intrest though, did you mean multicellular organisms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest droid Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Just out of intrest though' date=' did you mean multicellular organisms?[/quote'] i thought only girls had those? wokka wokka. sorry, I couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMajik Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 You really should have tried harder to resist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Just wondered if a macroorganisms is a real word? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Google produces over 3000 hits, including this link to a professional group dedicated to macroorganisms! http://www.ibma.ch/pg_macroorganisms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulderMan Posted March 12, 2005 Author Share Posted March 12, 2005 so macroorganisms are basically insects, and humans are just organsims. serves me right for mixing words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Macroorganisms are any organisms visible to the naked eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulderMan Posted March 12, 2005 Author Share Posted March 12, 2005 and humans are organsims visible to the naked eye, so that makes me right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malagen Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 is that mean marcoorganism = multicellular organism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 More or less, although some single celled organisms can be just seen with your naked eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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