Biology Study of Life
What makes something alive? Which of the following things are alive? Soil, Fire, Water, Plant, Rock, Shell, & Turtle Why? What do the living things have or do that the nonliving things don’t?
Characteristics of Life Page 18 & 19 Exchange Materials with the environment Obtain & Use Energy on their own Genetic Material Grow & Develop Respond the their environment Made up of Cells Evolve Maintain Homeostasis Reproduce Communicate
ARTICLE: VIRUSES PASS MAJOR TEST TO ENTER THE RANKS OF LIVING So based on the “characteristics of life” are viruses alive?