Essay Writing. For at least 5 sentences, answer the following:
You are the biologist in a group of scientists who have traveled to a distant star system and landed on a planet. You see an astounding array of shapes and forms. You have three days to take samples of living things before returning to earth. How do you decide what is alive?
There are properties which are unique to living things that distinguish them from non-living things. These are cellular organization, metabolism, homeostasis, growth and reproduction and heredity.
