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So far, we have touched on six of the traditional properties of living organisms: eating, breathing, excreting, moving, growing and reproducing. The only one that remains is “responding to outside influences”. A dog salivating at the smell of food, a flower opening in sunlight and a worm crawling towards moisture are examples of organisms responding to stimuli from their surroundings. All organisms respond to their surroundings in order to improve their chances of survival and reproduction.
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Agutter, P.S., Wheatley, D.N. (2007). Responding to the Environment. In: About Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5418-1_9
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