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Yes. An organism has to be alive.

The organism must be able to/have:

1) regulate its temperature

2) grow and develop

3) metabolism

4) respond to stimuli

5) reproduce

6) evolutionary adaption

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no it dose not for ex a dolphin dose not show all the 8 living orginisam things

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