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What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?

  • Resistance to viruses
  • Ability to survive in harsh environments
  • Capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction (correct)
  • Production of energy through photosynthesis

What makes the definition of viruses difficult in the context of life?

  • They are composed of four eternal elements
  • They resist classification attempts
  • They have the ability to survive in extreme environments
  • They replicate only in host cells (correct)

When did life originate according to the text?

  • Around 100 million years ago
  • At least 3.5 billion years ago (correct)
  • Around 10,000 years ago
  • Less than a million years ago

According to Aristotle's hylomorphism, what do living things embody?

<p>Souls and both form and matter (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Carl Linnaeus contribute to the study of living things?

<p>System of binomial nomenclature (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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