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NEET Questions / Botany / Diversity in Living World / What Is Living
All living organisms show:
Consciousness
Locomotion
Response to stimuli
Photosynthesis
A defining feature of living organisms is their ability to respond to stimuli. Which of these is an example of a plant responding to a stimulus?
A rock rolling down a hill
Water evaporating from a puddle
Phototropism in a sunflower
Salt dissolving in water
Select the correct statement from the following statements
I. Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are twin characteristics of growth
II. Metabolic reactions can also be demonstrated outside the body in isolated cell-free systems
III. ‘Response to stimuli’ is a defining property of living organisms
I and II
II and III
I and III
I, II and III
A defining property or characteristic of living organisms is
Increase in mass
Development
Response to external stimuli
Growth
