5 Questions
What branch of biology studies viruses?
Virology
What is a key characteristic that serves to define life?
Reproduction
What do biologists ultimately seek to understand?
How did diversity arise and how is it continuing
What are the shared properties that make something alive?
Order, sensitivity, reproduction, adaptation, growth, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing
"Even very simple, single-celled organisms are remarkably" what?
"Complex"
Explore the complex task of defining life in biology, including the study of viruses which exhibit some characteristics of living entities, yet do not meet the criteria to be defined as life. Delve into the ongoing debate and research in the field of biology.
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