Photo from Wikipedia. Sorry, couldn’t help putting this . . . yawn . . . picture up.

Not too long ago we studied the characteristics of life in my biology class. It was all quite interesting. So, I figured I’d tell you all what I learned.

First of all, we have to figure out what makes something living or not. We cannot just say everything on the planet is alive. No, we have to have some kind of distinction between alive and not-alive. So, scientists tried to figure this out. They went through a lot of questions and eventually came up with the following.

Characteristics of life (in no order):

Stimulus response

Homeostasis

Adaption

Reproduction

Energy – harvesting and using it

Growth

Organization/made up of cells

Just remember them as the Lively 7. Or

SHAREGO

It is quite interesting learning about these different sections . . . something we will just have to do.

Published by Jacob Howard

A writer and Christian, I thank God for letting me see the Salvation offered by His Son and I am eternally grateful for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God!