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characteristics of life

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- maintain a stable internal enviorment
  - known as
    - homeostasis
      - such as
        regulation of body temperature or blood glucose levels
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- obtains materials for energy
  - by
    - capturing sunlight
      - for the process of
        photosynthesis
  - to fuel
    - chemical reactions
      - which creates one
        metabolism
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- genetic code
  - which means
    - organisms resemble parents
      - because
        DNA
        passes from
        parents to offspring
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- grow
  - which means to
    - increase in size or number of cells
- reproduce
  - which may be
    - sexual
      - consisting of
        two parents
  - which may be
    - asexual
      - consisting of
        one parent
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- made up of cells
  - which are
    - basic units of life
      - which may be
        multicellular
        such as
        plants and animals
      - which may be
        unicellular
        such as
        bacteria
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- envolve
  - which means to
    - adapt over time
      - such as
        cacti
        which have
        adapted to dry conditions
        found in the
        desert
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- being highly organized
  - such as
    - cells-->tissuse-->organs--> organs systems-->organisms
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- evolve
  - due to
    - changes in the enviorment
      - such as
        changes in light, temperature, or water