Hey buttwipe, thank you for proving my point. From the first paragraph of what you posted:
4Part I The Origin of Living Things
Properties of Life In its broadest sense, biology is the study of living things—the science of life. Living things come in an astounding variety ofshapes and forms, and biologists study life in many differ-ent ways. They live with gorillas, collect fossils, and listento whales. They isolate viruses, grow mushrooms, and ex-amine the structure of fruit flies. They read the messagesencoded in the long molecules of heredity and count howmany times a hummingbird’s wings beat each second.What makes something “alive”? Anyone could deducethat a galloping horse is alive and a car is not, but why?Wecannot say, “If it moves, it’s alive,” because a car can move,and gelatin can wiggle in a bowl. They certainly are notalive.
What characteristics do define life? All living organisms share five basic characteristics:
1. Order. All organisms consist of one or more cells with highly ordered structures: atoms make up molecules, which construct cellular organelles, which are contained within cells. This hierarchical organization continues at higher levels in multicellular organisms and among organisms (figure 1.2).
2. Sensitivity.All organisms respond to stimuli. Plants grow toward a source of light, and your pupils dilate when you walk into a dark room.
3. Growth, development, and reproduction.All organisms are capable of growing and reproducing, and they all possess hereditary molecules that are passed to their offspring, ensuring that the offspring are of the same species. Although crystals also “grow,” their growth does not involve hereditary molecules.
4. Regulation.All organisms have regulatory mechanisms that coordinate the organism’s internal functions. These functions include supplying cells with nutrients, transporting substances through the organism,and many others.
5. Homeostasis. All organisms maintain relatively constant internal conditions, different from their environment, a process called homeostasis.All living things share certain key characteristics: order,sensitivity, growth, development and reproduction,regulation, and homeostasis.
Let me give you a clue buttwipe, shit does not grow. Shit is not hereditary. Shit is what you have for brains.
