Understanding the Concept of Life
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What distinguishes matter that has biological processes from matter that does not?

  • Existence in air, water, and soil
  • Capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction (correct)
  • Ability to replicate only in host cells
  • Composition of biochemical molecules

    • When did life originate according to the text?

  • At the time of Carl Linnaeus
  • At the time of Aristotle
  • At least 3.5 billion years ago (correct)
  • At the time of Empedocles

    • Who proposed theories such as materialism composed of four eternal elements and hylomorphism asserting that living things have souls?

  • Carl Linnaeus and Aristotle
  • Empedocles and Carl Linnaeus
  • Empedocles and Aristotle (correct)
  • Aristotle and Carl Linnaeus

    • What makes defining viruses as living organisms difficult?

    <p>They replicate only in host cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did modern classification of living things begin with?

    <p>Carl Linnaeus's system of binomial nomenclature in the 1740s</p> Signup and view all the answers

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