Choose a living organism, and explain how it illustrates each of
the characteristics of life.
Research and describe an organism or cell in which all 8
characteristics are not obvious. For example, coral looks like it
does not move, red blood cells do not reproduce and have no DNA,
frogs freeze in the winter and it therefore seems as if they do not
maintain homeostasis, and so on.
Describe the missing feature, and explain how this organism
still meets the...