Can someone put this in their own words WITHOUT copy and pasting and try to explain it as small as you can Question: What is the Gaia Hypothesis? Own words.

Lovelock hypothesized that living organisms regulate the atmosphere in their own interest known as Gaia Hypothesis

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those characteristics are cellular organization, reproduction, metabolism, homeostasis, heredity, response to stimuli, growth and development, and adaptation through evolution. some things, such as a virus, demonstrate only a few of these characteristics and are, therefore, not alive