life forms
Creatures that breathe
Life forms are living organisms—any entities that exhibit the characteristics of life such as growth, reproduction, and response to environment.
The term appears frequently in science fiction discussing alien life forms and in biology when categorizing organisms broadly: Scientists search for life forms on other planets.
The singular life form typically refers to a specific type or species: an unusual life form discovered in deep ocean vents.
- beingsThings that exist
- creaturesAnimate beings, especially animals
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- animal kingdomEukaryotic heterotroph classification
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
flora · biodiversity · prokaryotes · living thing · biology · alien · protists · archaea · ecosystem · sentient beings · biosphere · entities · microorganisms · animals · cells · ecology · plants · wildlife
- life formsorganism, lifeforms, animal, creatures, plant
- folk taxonomycommon names, ethnobotany, plant names, traditional knowledge
- Earth Featurescontinent, ocean, mountain, volcano, island
- science artscientific illustration, anatomical drawing, botanical illustration, medical illustration, Vitruvian Man
- life forcevital force, vital spark, chi, qi, ki
- taxonomygenus, species, taxon, kingdom, phylum
life formsrocks
Solid mineral pieces
minerals · geological formations · crystals · water · dust
life formsmachines
Devices that perform tasks
robots · automatons · mechanisms · computers · technology
life, alive, forms, formation, lifeless, informed, lifetime, lives, lifelong