2006-11-12 06:59:58 · 13 answers · asked by candice H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Growth
Excretion
Reproduction
Movement
Sensitivity
Respiration
Feeding
GERMS Rule Forever was the pneumonic we learned in school.
2006-11-12 07:07:51 · answer #1 · answered by domhnall_oh 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Although there is no universal agreement on the definition of life, scientists generally accept that the biological manifestation of life exhibits the following phenomena:
Homeostasis: Regulation of the internal environment to maintain a constant state; for example, sweating to cool off.
Organization: Being composed of one or more cells, which are the basic units of life.
Metabolism: Production of energy by converting nonliving material into cellular components (synthesis) and decomposing organic matter (catalysis). Living things require energy to maintain internal organization (homeostasis) and to produce the other phenomena associated with life.
Growth: Maintenance of a higher rate of synthesis than catalysis. A growing organism increases in size in all of its parts, rather than simply accumulating matter. The particular species begins to multiply and expand as the evolution continues to flourish.
Adaptation: The ability to change over a period of time in response to the environment. This ability is fundamental to the process of evolution and is determined by the organism's heredity as well as the composition of metabolized substances, and external factors present.
Response to stimuli: A response can take many forms, from the contraction of a unicellular organism when touched to complex reactions involving all the senses of higher animals. A response is often expressed by motion, for example, the leaves of a plant turning toward the sun or an animal chasing its prey.
Reproduction: The ability to produce new organisms. Reproduction can be the division of one cell to form two new cells. Usually the term is applied to the production of a new individual (either asexually, from a single parent organism, or sexually, from at least two differing parent organisms), although strictly speaking it also describes the production of new cells in the process of growth.
2006-11-13 09:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by alxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breathing
2006-11-12 15:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by FUGAZI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Irritability 2) growth 3) locomotion 4) nutrition 5) reproduction
2006-11-12 19:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Living things are made of cells.
Living things obtain and use energy.
Living things grow and develop.
Living things reproduce.
Living things respond to their environment.
Living things adapt to their environment.
Hope I helped!! I love biology!
2006-11-12 15:18:46 · answer #5 · answered by Smartees 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are 7 'criteria' for life, which have already been mentioned. Respiration, is not just 'breathing' though, it is the use of Oxygen in the burning of energy.
2006-11-15 05:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by Emma Jane F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are seven criteria for defining lifeforms in general:
Ability to procreate.
Ability to move.
Ability to grow.
Now go find the other 4.
Bu@@er, person above me kinda done it for you.
2006-11-12 15:10:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most can spell and think for themselves.
thats you out of the running.
2006-11-12 16:41:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
consumption of gasses, need for sustenance, procreation
2006-11-12 15:02:34 · answer #9 · answered by cereal killer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Theyre all alive!
2006-11-12 15:01:25 · answer #10 · answered by John S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋