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FundamentalCriteriaforLife

Chart
Directions:Selectfivedifferentorganismsorobjects.Usetheprovidedlinksorfind
yourowntodeterminewhatmakestheorganismorobjectaliveornot.

Object

AliveorNot
Alive

Criteria

Criteria

Criteria

Criteria

humans

alive

Self
Breathson
reproductive theirown

Wehave
Independent
independent movement
thoughts

chair

Notalive

Notself
Doesnt
reproductive breath

Doesnt
have
independent
thoughts

Doesnt
move
independent
ly

door

Notalive

Notself
Doesnt
reproductive breath

Doesnt
have
independent
thoughts

Doesnt
move
independent
ly

dog

alive

Self
Breathson
reproductive theirown

Wehave
Independent
independent movement
thoughts

orangutan

alive

Self
Breathson
reproductive theirown

Wehave
Independent
independent movement
thoughts

Basedonyourdatawhatisyourdescriptionofthefundamentalcriteriaforlife?
Independentactionsandthoughtsarerequiredforsomethingtoactuallybedefinedas
alive.Achairhasnowaytomoveunlesssomethingexternallymovesit.Ahumancan
moveonitsown.Everythingthatlivesbreaths.

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