2007-04-07 08:06:25 · 18 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Er, lemme see.
Respiration,
Reproduction,
Metabolism,
Response to stimuli.
Darn, need to look up the others. Oh, yeah,
Adaptation and
Homeostasis.
Growth? More or less covers it. 'O' Level Biology.
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2007-04-07 08:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by Nobody 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not for me to say what is alive, nor is it necessary or desirable to do this.
Some things are alive, which are imperceptible to me. Therefore, I treat all things as being alive.
Also, some rocks seems not to be 'alive,' but they are important parts of a 'living' planet -- so there is nothing that is not part of life.
Personally, I treat the whole earth with reverence, whether it seems alive to me, or not.
2007-04-07 08:22:32 · answer #2 · answered by Kedar 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
to be living is hard to define. if you say it needs to grow and reproduce and change food in to energy. than you could say fire is a live. since it grows and consumes wood in to its flue. and its embers can create new flames. to define life is almost impossibles to say. all that we can say is that it is a force that is with in use. it is as some would call it a soul. some thing more that just a characteristic or a group of them. its a a froce that as humans we can not understand.
2007-04-07 08:24:34 · answer #3 · answered by jacob c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feel for a pulse. Look for signs of breathing. Feel for body temperature. If these things check out, you can assume the thing is alive.
2007-04-07 08:11:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Growth
2007-04-07 08:09:46 · answer #5 · answered by Enchanted Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
Alternatively, anything that is not disco. Disco is dead.
2007-04-07 08:10:17 · answer #6 · answered by B SIDE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trees I can sometimes tell if it is the middle of the summer and there are no leaves on it that it is dead. House plants if they are all brown then I'll call them dead. All others I leave to the experts.
2007-04-07 08:13:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somethin that works to reproduce
2007-04-07 08:10:11 · answer #8 · answered by Snooter McPrickles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breathing came to my mind.
2007-04-07 08:19:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it is or has a cell. Even one cell is a living thing.
2007-04-07 08:10:46 · answer #10 · answered by aseptic technique 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋