Answer to Question #2627 in Biology for kelsey

Question

What are the charateristics that all living things share?

Answer 1

All organisms share following characteristics: reproduction
(creating of new
organisms that resemble its ancestors); metabolism
(chemical and reactions
that provide energy and different substances
needed for an organism);
exchange of matter and energy with the
environment;self-regulation and
homeostasis; inheritance (all
organisms carry genetic information and
transfer it to the
successors); variability and evolution (the appearance of
new features
during reproduction is the basis of evolution); most of
organisms can
grow during their life.