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Name the characteristic of living organism illustrated by each if activities described below.


Dressing heavily.
Bursting of the sporangium in Rhizopus.
Bending of the plant shoot towards light.
A monkey putting a yellow banana in it's mouth​

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Answer:

This question relates to the qualities that help us differentiate between living and non-living things. In this question, some activities have been described. As indicated below, such activities regardless of how it is exhibited must fall under a certain trait for which living organisms are known. Hence the answer to the question is as follows:

A: Dressing heavily can be characterized as ADAPTATION

B: Bursting of the Sporangium in Rhizopus is a process that is critical to its REPRODUCTION

C: Bending of the plant shoot towards light speaks to MOVEMENT. For them, light is critical to growth so they must move towards it and away from the shade.

D:  A monkey putting a yellow banana in its mouth is called NUTRITION. Every living organism must absorb nutrients in order to remain alive and grow.

Explanation:

There are other characteristics that help to differentiate living from non-living organisms. They are best memoriZed using the following acronym:  

MR. NIGER A.D.

M: Movement

R: Respiration

N: Nutrition

I:  Irritability

G: Growth

E: Excretion

R: Reproduction

A: Adaptation

D: Death

There are other qualities such as  

  • possession of Cells and DNA  (a living thing may be unicellular or multicellular)
  • ability to Metabolize, that is, ingest and convert and absorb nutrients
  • Homeostasis: This is the ability of an organism to regulate its internal environment
  • Interaction with living and non-living things

All the above make it easy to distinguish between matter that has life and that which doesn't.

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