What are the seven characteristics of life?(Give an example with a Venus Flytrap and be able to determine if something is alive using characteristics of life.) Help! I was told to come to biology for this question from someone else so can anyone help me?

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anonymous · Answer

Well the seven characteristics of life are as follows

1. Cells - All living things have cells; cells are the building blocks of life. 
2. Metabolism - All living things eat, drink, breathe and excrete. 
3. Growth - All living things take in material from the environment to enlarge. 
4. Reproduction - All living things are able to produce a copy of themselves. 
5. Irritability - All living things are able to react to a change in their environment. 
6. Adaptation - All living things are able to compete with each other for food and space to survive. 
7. Movement - All living things are able to move.

A venus fly trap has all of these aspects so therefore it is living.