How come cells are alive, but the pieces that make up them aren’t?

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How come cells are alive, but the pieces that make up them aren’t?

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Because of how we define life: you’ve gotta be able to reproduce, to react to stimuli, to pass down your characteristics, etc. The pieces of a cell don’t qualify, but the system as a whole can. Kinda like how a car can drive down the street, but the individual pieces of a car can’t drive by themselves.

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