A scientist discovers a novel entity exhibiting complex organic molecules, compartmentalization, and energy transformation. However, it lacks a definitive cellular structure and doesn't demonstrate heritability. Which characteristic of life is MOST definitively absent in this entity?
Metabolism
Reproduction and growth
Adaptation
Response to stimuli
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Read the following features and select the correct option from the options given below with respect to living beings
I. They reproduce
II. They metabolise
III. They have cellular organisation
IV. They have ability to respond to stimuli
I and III are true
I and II are true
Only III is true
All are true
Which one of the following feature is shared by all living organism at all hierarchial level
Presence of genetic material
Ability to reproduce
Capacity for growth
Exhibiting metabolism
Which of the following are considered as the twin characteristics of growth?
I. Responses to stimuli
II. Increases in mass
III. Increases in the number of individuals
IV. Increases in width
I and II
II and IV
I and III
III and IV
The basic unit of life is:
Atom
Molecule
Cell
Tissue
Read the following statements:
A. Photoperiod affects reproduction in seasonal breeders, both plants and animals
B. Increase in body mass is considered as reproduction
C. Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organism without exception
D. Self consciousness is a defining property of every living organism
Choose the correct statements
A and B
B and C
A and C
C and D
Growth in unicellular organisms can be observed by
Counting the mass of cultured cells
Analysing the amount of nutrient absorb by living organism
Growth can not be observed
In vitro culture by simply counting the number of cells under microscope
Which process is essential for the continuity of life?
Nutrition
Respiration
Reproduction
Excretion
What is illustrated by the statement โNothing lives forever, yet life continuesโ?
Metabolism
Embryogenesis
Reproduction
Replication
Process of metabolism leads to
Growth
Development
Functions of living body
All of these
True regeneration is found in
Amoeba
Hydra
Planaria
Bacteria