Stephen Howard writes:
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:39:21 +0100, Kay
wrote:
In article , Peter
writes
Respond to stimuli is one of the six things that all living things
do. I have been trying to remember the other five:-
Eat, breathe, reproduce, grow and ???. Judging by myself the sixth
thing could be forget!
I knew this a year ago when my son was doing GCSEs ;-)
But my mind has gone blank. /goes and searches out Revision Guide
First - it's seven, not six ;-)
Movement
reproduction
sensitivity
nutrition
excretion
respiration
growth
What about death?
It's not a necessary characteristic. An amoeba, for example,
reproduces by dividing itself, so it satisfies reproduction. It's
dubious though if you can say that the parent has died.
Regards,
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