Most folks believe that everything is either living or non-living. For example, people and giraffes are alive - and rocks, chairs, and diamonds are not. Yet we have discovered that life exists on a continuum: there is no clear binary switch between “living” and “not living.” Turns out that there are many things these have some or even most characteristics of life, but are not a complete organism. Understanding this is critical to understanding biology & evolution on an adult level - and I have created a free high-res inforgraphic available for download here

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/cells/characteristics-of-life/

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