Isolated metabolic reactions in a test tube are:
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Correct answer: Neither living nor non-living, but living reactions
Metabolic reactions performed in-vitro (outside a living system) are not organisms, so they aren't 'living things'. However, because they involve the same biochemical processes found in cells, they are categorized as 'living reactions'.
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