I would say that "awareness" requires an entity to contain a detailed representation of the world around it that is updated over time as it interacts with the

I would say that "awareness" requires an entity to contain a detailed representation of the world around it that is updated over time as it interacts with the world. Of course, there is a spectrum here, depending on the complexity and dynamicness of this internal representation of the world. Perhaps it goes something like: absolutely zero awareness (e.g. a rock), to barely aware (a Venus fly trap), to highly aware (elephants, humans, etc). I'm sure the scale doesn't stop there, but we haven't had a chance to observe anything other than the highly aware animals here on Earth. You could break this down further, looking at things like episodic memory, the different senses of self, and so on. But humanity has only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding these things.