THE CONCEPT OF LIFE

1. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS

            In nature around this there different types of being that are classed as living things and 

    beings not live. Not living creatures called inanimate objects, such as water, soil, air, rock and 
    so on. While the living beings are organisms ranging from simple to complex (perfect), such as

    bacteria, plants, humans and animals.

    Something regarded as living beings, if it has the following characteristics :

    a. Have a specific shape and size. Not to be confused between a human form in the shape of
        a turtle, different right? Note also the shape and size of your lawn with Palm trees?
    b. Have the protoplasm that is composed of an intricate and complex materials. Protoplasm
        is composed in units of sheltered, then called cells.

    c. Capable of performing activities of life, such as:

    1. Require food, because of the food will affect growth and development, can replace the cells

        die or are damaged, can set your metabolism, causing a power.

    2. Transport or Rapture substance, because the cells that spread the body parts necessary

        substances such as protein or water.
    3. Metabolic activity is purely physical or chemical nature, lasts in the body. Metabolism is

        distinguished into two, namely anabolism and catabolism.
        Metabolism characterized by the process of:

        a. The taking of (the absorption of substances) called ingesti

        b. Respiratory marked with the absorption of oxygen in order to produce energy. Oxygen is

            vital for food substances in the body. Also called respiratory, respiration

        c. food digestion is called digestion

        d. Formation or processing food substances from simple chemicals, called assimilation

        e. disposal of leftover food substances that are not needed by the body, also known as

            expenditure or excretion of.

     4. Able to do the movements, that doing transfers all or part of the body. Besides being able to
         do the iritabilita, i.e. the ability to react to stimuli from its environment.

     5. Can grow and thrive. All living things can grow and thrive. Man is born in the form of

         rattlesnake. From time to time develop into adults. The original acid trees grow on the
         ground, the longer the higher and larger.
     6. Can develop, IE the lower generation as his successor. If living creatures could not 
         depression, then his generation vanished altogether. So the goal of breeding ground for living
         things so that his descendants  remain preserved.
     7. Adapt, namely the ability and tendency to adjust to his new environment. Adaptation is

         divided into three kinds:

         a. morphological Adaptation is the adjustment of the shape of one of the organs of the body

             tends to be tailored to their needs. For example, the beak of the bird's beak is different
             with Starling sparrows. The radius of the duck is different with chicken toes.
         b. Adaptation physiology is the adjustment of a specific body tools against its environment.
             For example a camel has pouch for storing the water create the inventory. Also the
             animals at the Poles, has a lot of fat with the purpose of self-preservation against the 
             cold.
         c. Adaptation behavior is behavior adjustment of living beings to the environment. For

             example animals Chameleon that can change colour accordingly assigned.

      8. The regulation is setting all the existing systems in the body of the living thing in order to be

          in harmony, harmonious and balanced.