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Questions and Answers
What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?
What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?
- Capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction (correct)
- Ability to replicate in host cells
- Presence of a soul
- Composition of eternal elements
What makes defining viruses as living organisms difficult?
What makes defining viruses as living organisms difficult?
- They are composed of eternal elements
- They have the capacity for homeostasis
- They embody both form and matter
- They replicate only in host cells (correct)
Where does life exist on Earth?
Where does life exist on Earth?
- Only in water
- Air, water, and soil (correct)
- Only in soil
- Only in air
When did life originate?
When did life originate?
What did Empedocles's materialism theory assert about life?
What did Empedocles's materialism theory assert about life?
What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?
What distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter that does not?
Why do viruses make defining life difficult?
Why do viruses make defining life difficult?
What did Empedocles's materialism theory assert about life?
What did Empedocles's materialism theory assert about life?
What did Aristotle's hylomorphism theory assert about living things?
What did Aristotle's hylomorphism theory assert about living things?
Where does life exist on Earth?
Where does life exist on Earth?