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Which characteristic of life is definite as the ability of living things to produce teir own kind?
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∙ 13y ago
Evolution answers you're whole question. Evolution has created the characteristic for life to reproduce, because in general the whole point of life is survival. If we don't survive, then there is no life, then there is nothing. So, in conclusion, Evolution is the answer.
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What characteristic of carbon C makes it essential to living organisms?
Carbon has the ability to make long chain molecules with itself as well as complex molecular structures
Why is breathing not a characteristic of life?
Respiration, in and of itself, is a key characteristic of living things. However, breathing as humans do, with lungs, is not how all living things respire.
List and describe the charastics of living things?
G-R-I-M-N-E-R. growth- the ability to increase irreversibly in mass and length. reproduction- the ability to produce offspring irritability- the ability to respond to stimuli movement- the ability to change direction consciously nutrition- the ability to obtain nutrition excretion- the ability to metabolize and remove waste respiration- the ability to obtain energy from digested foods. hope that helps.
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Are bacteria and viruses living things?
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Which characteristic of living things is probably homeostasis?
The characteristic of living things that is homeostasis is an organisms ability to regulate body temperature.
Do characteristic living things produce more of their own kind?
Yes
Is the ability to produce another living thing of its kind?
reproduction
What characteristic are shared by all living things?
All living things need energy, respond to the environment, and have the ability to reproduce.
Enumerate and define the characteristic of living organism?
The defining characteristic of a living organism is the ability to reproduce. Many scientists say that viruses are not really living organisms because they can not reproduce independently, but must enter a living cell and reproduce as the cell itself reproduces.
What is the primary determinant of a country's standard of living?
a country's ability to produce goods and services
All cells are able to continute living because of their ability to?
either produce offspring or produce hormones
2 characteristics of living things are that they can and?
Living things have the capability to produce offspring to pass on their genes, and the ability to respond to changes in the environment they exist in.
Why growth is only a characteristic of living organisms?
talking about growth_it is the ability of living organisms to inrease size.Going by this definition,we see that growth is a characteristic of a living thing but not for a non living thing it is not because a non living thing can't increase in size.E.g a notebook
What is the single most important charicteristic that separates birds from all other living animals?
The single most important characteristic that separates birds from other living creatures is the ability to fly and feathers
What is a characteristic of a person?
A characteristic is, something that a person does for a living.
6 Geese are known to use the magnetic field of the Earth in navigating their twice yearly migrations This is an example of which characteristic of life?
Living things respond to the environment. Thus this is an example of the characteristic of the ability to respond to stimuli.
