Q. The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-livings on the basis of their ability for
A) Responsiveness to touch
B) Interaction with the environment and progressive evolution
C) Reproduction
D) Growth and movement
Explanation
There are eight charcteristic activites common to all organisms, respiration, nutrition, metabolism, excretion, sensitivity, locomotion, reproduction and growth. The possession and practice of these characteristic activities of organisms is the way biologists identify and define life.
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