Key Points
Key Points: Concept of Living
- Living organisms are entities that show life processes and are also called living beings.
- Life involves organised chemical reactions that allow organisms to grow, develop, and function.
- Key characteristics of living things include growth, reproduction, metabolism, response to stimuli, and adaptation.
- Living organisms can interact with and respond to their environment.
- Viruses are non-living outside a host, but behave like living organisms when inside a living cell.
