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1.7 identify the broad range of temperatures over which life is found compared with the narrow limits for individual species
identify the broad range of temperatures over which life is found compared with the narrow limits for individual species
- Life, in some form, can be found at extremes ranging from – 40oC to +120oC. However, the great majority of living organisms are found in the – 2oC to +40oC range and for each individual species the range is even narrower. Below 0oC, cells risk ice crystals forming in them and above 45oC, proteins within cells may denature.