Does anyone know what experiment you can use to tell if an object is alive( a living organism )?Like what scientists would perform in order to seperate a block of wood from a sponge?
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pacman101
Jun 02, 2004 06:21 PM
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wideglide
Jun 03, 2004 08:52 AM
>>Does anyone know what experiment you can use to tell if an object is alive( a living organism )?Like what scientists would perform in order to seperate a block of wood from a sponge?
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Rob Talkington
rjharper
Jun 03, 2004 11:11 AM
well i'm a forensic scientist so really we specialise in things that are dead!! anyways, i've always looked at it as two basic requirements.
1. the ability to reproduce (as a species)
2. the biological process of metabolism / photosynthesis of fuel-energy conversion (as an individual)
so something must be able to reproduce with its own kind and it must convert fuel to energy in a biological process.
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Ross
0.1 Bearded Dragon (Fuego, spent the last 10 months thinking she was a he!)
2.1 Roommates (require more cleaning up after than the dragon)
pacman101
Jun 03, 2004 06:04 PM
I am talking about figuring out if green goo is alive or not through experiments.How do you test for the chemicals of life?Carbohydrates, lipids ,proteins etc.The other characteristics of life I pretty much know how to figure out.
