The cellular machinery responsible for protein synthesis is the ribosomes.
Fish live completely in water, amphibians partly in water and land while reptiles live on land. Fish and reptiles have scales while amphibians have smooth skin. Fish breath through gills, amphibians through gills and lungs while reptiles through lungs. They are generally classified as vertebrates.
It's not alive, nor is it even an organic compound.
- It cannot respond to stimuli (Responsiveness)
- It cannot secrete hormones (Secretion)
- It cannot send messages along a nervous system or anything similar (Conductivity)
- It cannot break down compounds to usable energy forms (Digestion)
- It cannot absorb broken down compounds as an energy source (Absorption)
- It cannot reproduce (Reproduction)
- It cannot grow--it has no cells (Growth)
- It cannot exchange gases between cells (Respiration)
- It cannot rid itself of waste material (Excretion)
The basic repeating unit of nucleic acids are known as nucleotides