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📌 Whether viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 are considered living remains a question within the characterization of life.
OREGR: Order, Regulation, Energy processing, Growth, Reproduction, Response, evolutionary adaptation
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1. What does biology primarily study?
2. Which set correctly lists the seven characteristics of life?
3. Which statement correctly distinguishes the biological themes of information flow and energy flow?
What is biology the scientific study of?
Life.
What questions does biology address about organisms?
How cells form organisms, body systems function, and organisms interact in communities.
What are the seven characteristics of life?
Order, regulation, energy processing, growth and development, reproduction, response to environment, evolutionary adaptation.
What is the status of viruses like SARS-CoV-2 in defining life?
Whether they are considered living remains a question.
What are the five themes that unify biology?
Organization of life, flow of information, flow of energy and cycling of matter, evolution and diversity, and interaction.
Which theme in biology involves the cycling of matter?
Flow of energy and cycling of matter.
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