How do you define s livng thing?

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Answer 1

Metabolism, cells, responds to stimuli, reproduction, a couple of others.

Answer 2

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All living things have 6 major characteristics:

1. Have the ability to reproduce

2. Can respond to stimuli

3. Can adapt to change in their environment

4. Can maintain homeostasis

5. Have the abiltiy to grow

6. Require energy

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life

Answer 3

All living things undertake respiration (oxidization of fuels), food intake (getting materials to burn), growth (mass increment), reproduction (ability to leave copies of itself). All of this characteristics involve metabolism, which is common to all life in earth.

Not all living beings move, or reproduce, or respond to stimuli, but most do.

Answer 4

Some thing that has cells - bacteria - plant - monkey - human?

Answer 5

You define a living organism by looking at 7 different properties. ALL organisms have:

1. Regulation-like a rabbits ears to keep it cool

2.Reproductive organs-to reproduce

3.Evolutionary Adaption-chimps to humans

4.Order-the sunflower seeds in a suflower

5.Response to the Enviroment-a venus flytrap closing a trap when a fly comes

6.Growth and Development-babies to adults

7.Energy Processing-food turned into chemical energy for fuel.

Furthermore ALL living things have either Eukaryotic Cells(plants and animals) or Prokaryotic cells(Archaa and bacteria)

Answer 6

living things are the substance which posses life,can reproduce by them selfs, produce the chemical substance to get energy (ATP),respond to stimuli, can mutate them selfs to create variations to produce various specious.....