nikk

i am really confused about the perfect definition of 'life'. i was discussing about this with my friend at school i attempted to define it i said ,'' life is a systematic and specific conglomeration of certain inorganic substances which form a 'system' [an organism] which gets the ability to perform certain processes to maintain the 'system'. '' am i right with my definition? thank you

why does an organism die? is it because it cannot divide further[i mean its cells] or does the gene 'pre- plan' its termination ? i am a beginner in this and i dont know much.