Living:
- Living refers to something that can grow, move, reproduce, breathe, and conduct a variety of cellular processes.
- To fully comprehend what it means to be alive, we must investigate the features of a living creature.
- Everything that has life can feel, move, sense hunger and thirst, breathe, reproduce, develop, and has senses is considered living.
- Living beings include plants, humans, animals, birds, insects, and microorganisms.
Criteria that determine what Is Living:
Listed below are the criteria for deciding if a thing is living or non-living:
- A living thing is able to maintain the body’s internal environment which is referred to as homeostasis.
- Must be capable of disintegrating or building-up nutrients to perform metabolic processes.
- Living things possess a highly organized structure.
- Must be able to adapt to changes in the environment.
- Must be capable of increasing in mass and size.
- Must be capable of responding to external stimuli.