the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death."the origins of life"

the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.

An organism’s way of life (role in its environment)

When we try to define ‘living’, we conventionally look for distinctivecharacteristics exhibited by living organisms. Growth, reproduction, abilityto sense environment and mount a suitable response come to our mindimmediately as unique features of living organisms. One can add a fewmore features like metabolism, ability to self-replicate, self-organise,interact and emergence to this list. Let us try to understand each of these

What is the origin of the energy that all organisms need to carry out life functions?plantsthe Sunfoodproducers

If you observed a newly discovered 'thing' and tried to decide if it might be alive, what would be the weakest distinction for life?Multiple Choicehomeostasismovementstructural organizationevolutionenergy use