5 Characteristics of life Flashcards

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Cells

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The basic unit of life

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Metabolism

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The ability to take in nutrients and process them

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Growth and Reproduction

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Generative processes/life propagating, growth in life (mitosis). exceptions (Mulls, ligers, ext)

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Unique hierarchical organization

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Properties that exist at a higher level of organization within the hierarchy that cant exist at a lower level, heart, cardiac muscle, cardiac cells, cardiac tissues, ext.

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Response to external stimulus

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Irritation, annoyance, sensing danger, or fight or flight, rest and disgust

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