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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life as defined in the text?
Inorganic composition
What makes defining viruses as living organisms difficult according to the text?
Their dependency on host cells for replication
Where does life exist on Earth?
Air, water, and soil
What is the philosophical concept proposed for living systems in the text?
Self-organizing systems
Who proposed the system of binomial nomenclature for classifying living things?
Carl Linnaeus
Explore the philosophical and scientific definitions of life, including the capacity for homeostasis, organization, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction. Delve into the challenges of defining living systems, particularly in relation to viruses.
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