2007-01-19 20:32:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Life, in its most generic definition, is a quality of matter. Matter that is 'alive' forms organisms of vast variety. Properties common to the known organisms found on Earth (plants, animals, fungi, protists, archaea and bacteria) are that they are carbon-and-water-based, are cellular with complex organization, undergo metabolism, possess a capacity to grow, respond to stimuli, reproduce and, through natural selection, adapt in succeeding generations.
2007-01-19 20:41:09 · answer #1 · answered by ( Kelly ) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"
Life is a multi-faceted concept. Life may refer to the ongoing process of which living things are a part; the period between the birth (or a point at which the entity can be considered to be living) and death of an organism; the condition of an entity that has been born (or reached the point in its existence at which it can be established to be alive) and has yet to die; and that which makes a living thing alive.
The period during which a system is capable of operating above a specified performance level.
Refers to anything that is alive: animal, vegetable, and (at least for some followers of Aboriginal, Earth-centered, and other religions) even mineral.
Predominately considered to be a characteristic of humans, plants and animals. However, even inert matter is in constant movement and change. We continue to find life in places that we did not believe that it could exist, such as on the bottom of the sea floor around thermal vents. Perhaps our ideas of what is living and what is non-living are flawed and merely the measure of our ignorance and restricted powers of observation. Many consider that the earth is alive.
2007-01-20 05:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by Inquiry Complex 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
life, its what everything in the universe has to go through to get to the much feared death...death should not be feared because it really is a release from what is holding you back from being who you really are. and the fear is made up only of assumtions on the unknown...
2007-01-20 13:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's being made out of organic materials and wanting not to die and reproducing to make more of your species so that when you die the rest of your species may live on.
2007-01-20 12:40:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Form of existence that is biologically renewable such as plants, humans, and other species.
2007-01-20 04:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
life is about death. that's why it's crucial to have a religion & believe in one God. come, let us pray...
2007-01-20 17:04:18 · answer #6 · answered by mama leila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best joke of all.
2007-01-20 04:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by LynX 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
drawing breaths to approach death
2007-01-20 04:39:27 · answer #8 · answered by TheMetallian 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i have to admit that i dont know.
2007-01-20 04:48:29 · answer #9 · answered by twistedreality 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋