if we are searching on some other planet for life what is that thing that we should b looking 4. it it somthing that can breath? or somth that cam multiply? of somth that can move ? somth that can react to somthing ?or wath?
2006-10-23 06:43:21 · 7 answers · asked by piyush k 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Only life interacts with its environment of its own accord.
2006-10-23 07:30:00 · answer #1 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The line is drawn between bacteria and viruses. Bacteria
1) use chemicals outside of them
2) to add to their own material and "grow", and once they reach a certain size, they
3) reproduce.
All of these are signs of life, and some viruses have some of these traits, but the thing is that they need other organisms to provide the machinery that they need to be able to make more of themselves.
2006-10-23 07:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by Wally M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is having an environment reflect back at you what is in your mind My view of like all the Old Testament stories is that according to what a person creates him/herself into - thus does one's personal world around them warp into providing for them Just like during a plague a caring person can nurse those that are dieing yet never become contaminated themselves I am convinced that you can either allow chaos and randomness form your identity ego or you can decide what you want to think and act and immerse yourself into and create purposely who and what you want to be and the world itself will reflect you back to you according to what you you have become to me this is the real symbolism of heaven or hell so to me life is the chance to be something and thus learn from it and create always grander and more adventurous selves
2016-03-28 05:07:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that the ability to reproduce is one of the most important characteristics that distinguishes living from non-living things. Probably the most important is the ability to get energy from its surroundings and use that energy to maintain itself.
2006-10-23 06:49:19 · answer #4 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All that which is necessary on the Earth except Shape,Size,color,Features,Capacity of mind and the Mode of Living.
2006-10-23 06:49:11 · answer #5 · answered by k.k s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in general... they're looking for proof that a living thing can live on a planet. And as they consider grass to be a living thing, it could be next to anything that they fond that's not a rock.
2006-10-23 06:51:04 · answer #6 · answered by Jacqulyn 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
molecules that choose to unite with other molecules selectively.
2006-10-23 06:47:31 · answer #7 · answered by FrogDog 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋