OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
DIVERSITY AMONG LIFE FORMS
Question
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Have all characteristics of life and can live independently
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Have most characteristics and live independently
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eat and reproduce
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Live independently and reproduce
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Detailed explanation-1: -Big Ideas: All living things have certain traits in common: Cellular organization, the ability to reproduce, growth & development, energy use, homeostasis, response to their environment, and the ability to adapt. Living things will exhibit all of these traits.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -These characteristics are reproduction, heredity, cellular organization, growth and development, response to stimuli, adaptation through evolution, homeostasis, and metabolism. Something must have all 8 of these traits to be considered a living thing.