One classic definition of life is "a self-replicating molecular assemblage." However, clay particles (in clay soil) contain layered aluminum and iron compounds that determine the pattern of the adjacent layers of sediment. This is technically a self-replicating molecular assemblage.
A) Therefore, it is living.
B) It is not living because it cannot think.
C) It is not living because there were no molecular changes (or chemistry) involved.
D) It is not living because there is no carbon involved; otherwise, such duplication would be living.
E) It is not living because it is a simple repetitive process without the ability to evolve or respond to the environment.
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