tinguishes that a bug or a flower is alive, while a rock or nonliving things? en a small child realizes like all of us, recognize life mainly by what living things do Figure 1.1 highlights seven of the properties processes that we associate with life. Fig I) order. This close-up of a sunflower illustrates th highly val ordered structure life. Living cells are the basis en of this complex organization. (2) duction. Organisms reproduce their own kind Here an emperor penguin protects its baby. (3) Growth and development. Inherited information in the form of DNA controls the pattern of growth and develop- ment of all organisms, including this hatching crocodile. (4) Energy processing. When this bear eats its will catch, i use the chemical energy stored in the fish to power its own activities and chemical reactions. (5) Response to the environment. All organisms respond to environmental stimuli. This Venus flytrap closed its trap rap- idly in response to the stimulus of a damselfly landing on it. (6) Regulation. Many types of mechanisms regulate an organisms internal environment, keeping it within limits that sustain life. Pictured here is a typical lemur behavior with a regulatory function sunbathing-which helps raise the animal's body temperature on cold mornings(1) Order