What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?

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asked May 27, 2017 in Biology by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 379 1011

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answered May 27, 2017 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
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Any visible movement such as walking, breathing, or growing is generally used to decide whether something is alive or not. However, a living organism can also have movements, which are not visible to the naked eye. Therefore, the presence of molecular movement inside the organisms used to decide whether something is alive or not.

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