The defining features of living organisms

In this topic

• One shared chemical make-up
• An open system: exchange of matter and energy
• Reproduction, heredity, growth and development
• Regulation, discreteness and what life really is

Key terms

• Metabolism
• Assimilation
• Dissimilation
• Open system
• Homeostasis
• Replication
• Heredity
• Variation
• Biopolymer
• Discreteness
• Irritability
• Entropy

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