Think about water and how it rolls up on the beach. Think of all its qualities. Is it alive according to the characteristics of life? Why or why not?
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We will list down the characteristics of life in order to answer this question.
The characteristics of life include:
1) Responsiveness to the environment.
2) Growth and change
3) Ability to reproduce.
4)Have a metabolism and breathe.
5)Maintain homeostasis
6)Being composed of cells.
7) Ability to pass traits to the offspring.
Water is not alive because it is not made up of cells, does not reproduce and does not have a metabolism and does not breathe.
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