Download BioInquiry Micromodule Worksheet

Sticking Together
Inquiries and Exploration
BioInquiry Micromodule Worksheet
Chapter 12, Module 1
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Use the “Hints” or search on your own to help answer the following inquiries. Use this worksheet to
record your answers or attach your own report. Enjoy your search.
1. What are some of the advantages to being multicellular as opposed to unicellular?
2. There are two theories about how multicellularity may have evolved. Search the web to find what
these theories are. Write a one-sentence description of each of the two theories.
3. What group of organisms, that is, what phylum or division, were probably the first to evolve
multicellularity?
4. Can you find examples of the ways in which the cells of multicellular organisms interact and
communicate?
HINT:
Search the we b using the key words “evolution of multicellularity.” The web sites for courses in biology
and evolution often have excellent information on this topic and others.