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Chapter 1: Q.20 (page 28)

Select two items that biologists agree are necessary in order to consider an organism 鈥渁live.鈥� For each, give an example of a nonliving object that otherwise fits the definition of 鈥渁live.鈥�

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1. Layers of sedimentary rock have order, but not alive
2. Technology is capable of regulation but it is not alive

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Step1.Introduction 

All living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, reproduction, adaptation, growth and development, homeostasis, energy processing, and evolution.

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Step2. Explanation 

Reproduction is a characteristic of a living organism.

  • Rocks are not considered living because they do not have the ability to reproduce because they do not have DNA. Energy processing is the ability of a living organism to process energy for their activities.
  • Metal can be an example of a non-living thing that cannot produce its own energy.

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