Understanding the fundamental characteristics that define life: Growth, Metabolism, and Consciousness. (NEET – The Living World ): 🌱 What is Living? – Simple Notes 🔹 1. Growth Living organisms grow from inside (internal growth). Growth in plants → continues throughout life . Growth in animals → stops after a certain age . Non-living things may increase in size, but: It is external (not true growth) . 👉 Example: Plant → keeps growing 🌿 Human → stops growing after adulthood 🔹 2. Reproduction Ability to produce new individuals . Important feature of living organisms. 👉 But: Some living organisms do not reproduce : Mules Worker bees Infertile humans ✔️ So, reproduction is not a defining feature of life. 🔹 3. Metabolism All chemical reactions inside the body = Metabolism Includes: Anabolism (building) Catabolism (breaking) ✔️ This is a defining feature of life ✔️ Happens only in living cells 🔹 4. Cellular Organiz...
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