Sessile organisms are not animals. True or false?

a. True. An organism must move to be classified as an animal.
b. True. Sessile organisms are generally organisms without appendages and, therefore, are not true animals.
c. False. Sessile organisms may not move as adults, but they may exhibit movement as larvae.
d. False. There is no requirement for movement in defining an organism as an animal.
e. Neither true nor false. Organisms are not sessile; individual cells are.


Ans: c. False. Sessile organisms may not move as adults, but they may exhibit movement as larvae.

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