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What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?
What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?
- Capacity for self-organizing systems
- Existence in air, water, and soil
- Ability to replicate only in host cells
- Capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction (correct)
What makes defining viruses as living organisms difficult?
What makes defining viruses as living organisms difficult?
- They exist in air, water, and soil
- They replicate only in host cells (correct)
- They have the capacity for self-organizing systems
- They are composed of four eternal elements
Where does life exist all over the Earth?
Where does life exist all over the Earth?
- In air, water, and soil (correct)
- In self-organizing systems
- In harsh environments occupied only by extremophiles
- In host cells
According to Empedocles's materialism, what was life composed of?
According to Empedocles's materialism, what was life composed of?
When did life originate?
When did life originate?