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Which of the following is a characteristic that distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter without?
Which of the following is a characteristic that distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter without?
- Reproduction (correct)
- Magnetism
- Radioactivity
- Conductivity
What term describes the capacity for maintaining internal stability in living organisms?
What term describes the capacity for maintaining internal stability in living organisms?
- Osmoregulation
- Homeostasis (correct)
- Isotonicity
- Kinesthesia
Which philosopher proposed that living things have souls and embody both form and matter?
Which philosopher proposed that living things have souls and embody both form and matter?
- Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle (correct)
- Empedocles
Modern classification of living things began with whose system of binomial nomenclature in the 1740s?
Modern classification of living things began with whose system of binomial nomenclature in the 1740s?
What is the term for environments occupied only by extremophiles?
What is the term for environments occupied only by extremophiles?
What makes the definition of life difficult, particularly in the case of viruses?
What makes the definition of life difficult, particularly in the case of viruses?
According to Empedocles's materialism, what was life composed of?
According to Empedocles's materialism, what was life composed of?
What is the term for the capacity of living organisms to maintain internal stability?
What is the term for the capacity of living organisms to maintain internal stability?
What philosopher proposed that living things have souls and embody both form and matter?
What philosopher proposed that living things have souls and embody both form and matter?
When did life originate, resulting in a universal common ancestor?
When did life originate, resulting in a universal common ancestor?
What is the term for the capacity of living organisms to maintain internal stability?
What is the term for the capacity of living organisms to maintain internal stability?
Which of the following is a characteristic that distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter without?
Which of the following is a characteristic that distinguishes matter with biological processes from matter without?
According to Empedocles's materialism, what was life composed of?
According to Empedocles's materialism, what was life composed of?
Who proposed that living things have souls and embody both form and matter?
Who proposed that living things have souls and embody both form and matter?
When did life originate, resulting in a universal common ancestor?
When did life originate, resulting in a universal common ancestor?
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