1. Biology Study of Life

2. What makes something alive?  Which of the following things are alive?  Soil, Fire, Water, Plant, Rock, Shell, & Turtle  Why? What do the living things have or do that the nonliving things don’t?

3. Characteristics of Life Page 18 & 19  Exchange Materials with the environment  Obtain & Use Energy on their own  Genetic Material  Grow & Develop  Respond the their environment  Made up of Cells  Evolve  Maintain Homeostasis  Reproduce  Communicate

4. ARTICLE: VIRUSES PASS MAJOR TEST TO ENTER THE RANKS OF LIVING So based on the “characteristics of life” are viruses alive?