2006-12-14 17:35:08 · 5 answers · asked by raja 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Birth
Cry, Eat, Sleep, Crawl, Crap,
Talk, Walk, Cry, Eat, Sleep, Crap
Grow Hair, Run, Cry, Eat, Sleep, Crap
Reproduce
Pay Taxes
Grow Tall, Get Lazy, Cry, Eat, Sleep, Crap
Reproduce
Pay Taxes
Work, Get Belly, Cry, Eat, Sleep, Crap
Reproduce
Pay Taxes
Grow Old, Get Laid Off, Cry, Eat, Sleep, Crap
Die
2006-12-14 17:44:10 · answer #1 · answered by soul_plus_heart_equals_man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no hard-and-fast distinction between a life and nonlife. Early scientists thought there was a "vital principle", called quintessence or pneuma, that was present in every living thing, and absent in everything nonliving. This has not proven to be true. A growing conviction, intuitively felt by many biologists, is that no clear line can be drawn between the living and the non-living. The bridge between what is and is not obviously alive consists of a range of problematic agents, including viruses, prions, and transposable genes, which appear to be living at times and non-living at other times.
The following is a very general characterization of what defines a living thing.
Birth and Death
Need for an Energy Source
Reproduction
Information
Evolution
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2006-12-14 18:40:14 · answer #2 · answered by veerabhadrasarma m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Birth, growth, maturity, love, giving birth, raising the next crop, death. Oh, and getting as much out of life as you can between.
2006-12-14 17:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spin cycle
2006-12-14 17:37:05 · answer #4 · answered by wind cries mary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
birth, breathe, eat, crap, have sex, die
2006-12-14 17:37:44 · answer #5 · answered by b-overit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋