Which of the following features can be said to be a true defining feature of living beings without any exception?(1) They can digest their food(2) All of them can reproduce(3) They can regenerate(4) They can respond to external stimuli

The most obvious & complicated feature of all living organisms is:(1) The ability to sense their surroundings or environment and respond to these environmental stimuli.(2) Reproduction - sexual or asexual - for production of progeny of own kind.(3) The ability to growth in size due to cell division.(4) Presence of complex organs systems such as digestive and nervous system.

When we try to define ‘living’, we conventionally look for distinctivecharacteristics exhibited by living organisms. Growth, reproduction, abilityto sense environment and mount a suitable response come to our mindimmediately as unique features of living organisms. One can add a fewmore features like metabolism, ability to self-replicate, self-organise,interact and emergence to this list. Let us try to understand each of these

___ is NOT a defining characteristic of living things.Group of answer choiceshomeostasisresponse to stimulusregulationgrowth and developmentvisual system

Which of the following is most obvious and technically complicated defining feature of all livings :- ReproductionCellular organisation Metabolism Consciousness

The observable traits expressed by an organism are described as its ________.