what are the characteristics that distinguish living things from nonliving things?
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There are seven characteristics of living things: movement, breathing or respiration, excretion, growth, sensitivity and reproduction. Some non-living things may show one or two of these characteristics but living things show all seven characteristics.
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1. Viruses are infectious agents with both living and nonliving characteristics. 2. Living characteristics of viruses include the ability to reproduce – but only in living host cells – and the ability to mutate.
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Only living things have cells. Plant cells can be distinguished from animal cells by three characteristics. First, plant cells are bounded by a cell membrane and a rigid cell wall, whereas animal cells have only a cell membrane to protect their insides from the outside environment.
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Some of the daily life examples of living things around us are human beings, animals, plants and micro organisms. Non-livings things do not exhibit any characteristics of life. They do not grow, respire, need energy, move, reproduce, evolve, or maintain homeostasis. These things are made up of non-living materials.
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['are made of one or more cells.', 'need energy to stay alive.', 'respond to stimuli in their environment.', 'grow and reproduce.', 'maintain a stable internal environment.']
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All living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, reproduction, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing. When viewed together, these characteristics serve to define life.
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['They are eukaryotic, which means they have a nucleus.', 'Most have mitochondria.', 'They can be parasites.', 'They all prefer aquatic or moist environments.']
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What makes something a living thing? To be called a living thing, an item must have once eaten, breathed and reproduced. A dead animal or plant is considered a living thing even though it is not alive.
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['Seven Characteristics of Living Organisms. Nutrition, excretion, respiration, sensitivity, reproduction, growth, movement.', 'Nutrition. ... ', 'Excretion. ... ', 'Respiration. ... ', 'Sensitivity. ... ', 'Reproduction. ... ', 'Growth. ... ', 'Movement.']
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All living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, reproduction, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing.
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['Organization. Living things are highly organized, meaning they contain specialized, coordinated parts. ... ', 'Metabolism. ... ', 'Homeostasis. ... ', 'Growth. ... ', 'Reproduction. ... ', 'Response. ... ', 'Evolution.']
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Living things use energy, respond to stimuli and adapt to their environment. Non-living things do not grow through internal metabolic functions but by adding on from the outside. ... Non-living things do not need energy to continue to exist.
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['They are multicellular organisms which do not possess chlorophyll.', 'They are eukaryotic organisms.', 'Cell wall is absent.', 'Mode of nutrition is heterotrophic i.e. they depend on other organisms for food.', 'They have muscle cells due to which they have the capability to contract and relax the body parts.']
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All living things are organized into groups by scientists as they are identified. Living things organized into particular groups have common characteristics. ... Overall, the reason scientists classify living things is to understand the relationships between different organisms.
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Properties of Life. All living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, reproduction, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing. When viewed together, these characteristics serve to define life.
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['abiotic (non-living) ones, namely light (or lack thereof), pressure, currents, temperature, oxygen, nutrients and other chemicals; and.', 'biotic ones, that is, other organisms that may be potential predators, food, mates, competitors or symbionts.']
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['Their body is dorsoventrally flattened.', 'They exhibit bilateral symmetry.', 'Also, they are triploblastic, with three germ layers.', 'They do not have a body cavity and are acoelomate.', 'The body is soft and unsegmented.', 'They are mostly parasitic with a few free-living.']