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What process would you consider essential for maintaining life?


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Life:

It is a characteristic of a living organism where growth occurs inside the body living organism.

The essential processes for maintaining life:

  1. The important characteristic of life is growth which involves an increase in cell number and size that take place inside the body of an organism.
  2. Reproduction is the biological process in which an organism can produce offspring by itself.
  3. The sum of the chemical reactions that occur within the cell of a living organism is known as metabolism, which provides new organic material for the body.
  4. Respiration is an important process that takes place inside the cells of all living organisms and it utilizes oxygen and releases carbon dioxide to produce energy.
  5. The process by which the waste and toxic products are eliminated from the body of an organism is known as excretion.


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