What Is Life? Quiz

capacity for homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction

They replicate only in host cells

air, water, and soil

<p>at least 3.5 billion years ago</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>four eternal elements</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carl Linnaeus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They carry the information needed by each species, including the instructions to make each type of protein.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Proteins and nucleic acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Small single cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They can consist of single cells or may be multicellular with more complex structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Life is a process, not a substance, and there is a lack of knowledge of the characteristics of living entities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, and response to stimuli</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regulation of the internal environment to maintain a constant state</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transformation of energy, used to convert chemicals into cellular components and to decompose organic matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viruses replicate only in host cells, making it challenging to categorize them as living or non-living.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carl Linnaeus developed the system of binomial nomenclature for classifying living things in the 1740s.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ancient theories, such as Empedocles's materialism, asserted that living things were composed of eternal elements, while Aristotle's hylomorphism suggested that living things have souls and embody both form and matter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Homeostasis, organisation, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, and reproduction are the defining characteristics of life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Life exists all over the Earth in air, water, and soil, with many ecosystems forming the biosphere.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Proteins and nucleic acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Homeostasis, organization, metabolism, growth, adaptation, and response to stimuli</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Life is a process, not a substance, and there is a lack of knowledge of the characteristics of living entities that may have developed outside Earth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cell</p> Signup and view all the answers