OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
DIVERSITY AMONG LIFE FORMS
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The state of being noniving.
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Organisms that died but might come back to life.
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Organisms that were once living.
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A state of suspended activity. Organisms that are alive but inactive.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dormancy is a period in an organism’s life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical activity are temporarily stopped. This minimizes metabolic activity and therefore helps an organism to conserve energy. Dormancy tends to be closely associated with environmental conditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Volcanologists use that term as shorthand for “potentially active, ‘’ so a “dormant” volcano is one that is not erupting now, but that is considered “active” because it could erupt in the future. Mount Hood is an active volcano that is currently dormant. Kīlauea is an active volcano that is currently erupting.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dormancy occurs when cells remain viable but stop proliferating. When most of a cancer population undergoes this phenomenon, the result is called tumor dormancy, and when a single cancer cell undergoes this process, it is termed quiescence.