Question

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all living things?

Answer 1

B. Ability to move. Because all the other choices apply to all living things, but B doesn't apply to plants which are living things.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. Ability to move

Explanation:

Living things are organisms that possess life in them. Due to the possession of life in them, they are able to carry out certain functions that non-living things cannot. These functions are called their characteristics. These characteristics include movement, reproduction, nutrition, irritability, growth, excretion, respiration, and even death.

However, a group of living things cannot perform one of these characteristics, which is movement. Movement is referred to as the change in position of an organism. Plants, one of the groups of living things, cannot move from their position. Although they can undergo gradual changes in their body parts but they do that in response to certain stimuli (Irritability) not leaving their static position.