What are the 7 characteristics of life?

Here's additional information about the qualities of life:

1. Life's Cellular Basis:

The fundamental building blocks of life, cells, make up all living organisms. Bacteria and other single-celled creatures have intricate cell arrangement.
Different cell types found in multicellular creatures combine to form tissues, organs, and organ systems, each of which has a specific purpose

 2. Homeostasis and Regulation: 

Despite changes in their external environment, living beings preserve a stable internal environment. This involves controlling variables such as blood sugar levels, pH, and temperature.

In order to maintain this internal equilibrium, complex control mechanisms within organisms perceive changes and initiate adjustments.

3. Metabolism: 

Nutrients from the environment are absorbed by living beings and used for growth, repair, and energy. Numerous chemical processes are involved in this process, which is known as metabolism.
Although the metabolic pathways of different species vary, all living functions require energy to be sustained.

4. Development and Growth:

Over time, the size and complexity of living organisms expand. Cell expansion, cell division, or both may be the cause of this growth.
Development is the process of differentiation, in which cells specialize to carry out particular tasks.

5. Procreation:

Via either asexual (from a single parent) or sexual (by the fusion of genetic material from two parents), living creatures are able to generate new individuals.
A species' survival is guaranteed via reproduction, which also makes it possible for genetic information to be passed down to next generations.

6. Modification:

Over time, organisms can adapt to better fit their surroundings. Natural selection, in which organisms with advantageous features survive and reproduce more successfully, may cause this.
An organism can undergo structural (physical) or functional (physiological) changes as adaptations to improve its chances of surviving and procreating.

7. Evolution and Heredity:

DNA is the genetic material that all living organisms pass on to their progeny. This makes it possible for traits to be inherited and for life to continue.
Evolution is the slow, steady change in living things' populations over time. It is fueled by elements like genetic drift and natural selection, which results in the formation of new species.

8. Transformation and Transfer of Energy:

Although they are not able to produce energy, living beings can absorb and modify it from their surroundings. This energy is employed in many different processes, including growth, reproduction, and mobility.
The primary processes for energy transformation and transfer are cellular respiration in all living organisms and photosynthesis in plants.

9. Reaction to Input:

The ability to sense and react to environmental changes gives living creatures the ability to maintain homeostasis and engage with their surroundings.
Animals retreating from danger or plants growing toward the sun are two examples of how this responsiveness manifests itself.
We can better appreciate the intricacy and mystery of life on Earth when we comprehend these traits.