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What is Life?

Published on Dec 26, 2015

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What is Life?

Jordan Gomes
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To be living, it has to.....

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Have Cells

  • cells are the smallest living organisms
  • all living things have at least one cell
  • the ability to work, survive, and organize
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Reproduce

  • this is life's way of sticking around
  • also allows for diversifying of species

Grow and Develope

  • grow in size and develope in intelligence 
  • includes the ability to self sustain/repair 
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Metabolize

  • metabolism: the intake of energy and materials
  • like eating and drinking
  • allows for growth and action

Homeostasis

  • the ability to adjust to surroundings
  • triggered by stimuli
  • like sweating, or squinting 

Adaption

  • change to meet environmental needs
  • evolving to survive
  • migration
  • developing bodily features to cope 
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