Question

List eight life functions that are common to living things??

Answer 1

All living things grow and develop, All living things are made of cells, All living things respond to the environment, All living things are based on a universal genetic code, All living things reproduce, All living things maintain a stable internal environment, All living things obtain and use material and energy, and All living things, as a group, evolve.

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Answer 2

All living beings must perform the eight functions of movement, maintaining boundaries, responsiveness, digestion/ metabolism, excretion, reproduction, and growth. (A mnemonic device may be helpful for remembering MMRDMERG)

Step-by-step explanation:

• All organisms need to move in some way to transport things or themselves where they need to be (movement).
• All organisms need to maintain the boundary between the inside of their body and the outside or else the outside world will easily destroy them (maintaining boundaries).
• All organisms must sense different stimuli in their environment and react to them in order to avoid danger and find resources (responsiveness).
• All organisms must digest food so that they have the energy to perform the bodily functions that keep them alive (digestion/ metabolism).
• All organisms must excrete waste so that they do not build up in their systems and impede their normal functions (excretion).
• All organisms must reproduce and form offspring in order to continue the survival of their species after the parents die out. The offspring will grow and produce new generations from there (reproduction).
• All organisms grow since they need to become large enough and have enough resources to create more children (growth).