what is the basic unit of life.?

Answer 1

Depends on your definition of "life". If simply the ability to replicate is sufficient, then short strands of RNA can be considered living. These, however, are typically sybiotic and require another organism to help them make copies.

If the ability to self replicate is sufficient to call something alive, then there are self-replicating molocules as short as 14-15 base pairs that can self-replicate.

If however metabolism is also a requirement, you're looking at a more complicated organism.

So to answer your question, you must first define life. However, biologically, the consensus is pretty much the cell as the basic unit of life.

Answer 2

I agree with the answer of a cell being the fundamental or basic unit of life. There is no life at levels below the cellular level and everything that is alive has at least one cell. The cell carries out all the processes needed to maintain life.

Answer 3

A cell is considered the basic functional unit of a living creature. It is true that there are even finer divisions within a cell, and the cell could not function without DNA, but the cell itself is the best answer to this question.

Answer 4

time:
by definition you are alive from the day you were born until the day you die. By U.I. standard, you should count in seconds.
Then a lot of chemical units to describe the way you spend your energy until that fatidic day

Answer 5

Cell.

Answer 6

A cell.

Answer 7

Physically - DNA - your make up
Intellectually - Mind - your brain
Emotionally - Love - your heart
Spiritually - God - whom you worship

Answer 8

DNA - RNA