Answer:
- Responds to stimuli
- Movement
- Ability to grow and change
- Maintains homeostasis
- Obtain and use energy
Explanation:
All the characteristics of life are often remembered using the acronym MRS C GREN, which stands for:
M - Movement (They move)
R - Respiration (They respire - energy)
S - Sense (They respond to the world round them)
C - Made of cells
G - Growth (They grow)
R - Reproduction (They can make more of themselves)
E - Excretion (They excrete waste)
N - Nutrition (E.g. they require 'food' from some source)
So according to the characteristics of life, the ones that apply are:
- Responds to stimuli (Sense)
- Movement (M)
- Ability to grow and change (Growth)
- Maintains homeostasis (Comes under Sense)
- Obtain and use energy (Nutrition)
Breathing is not a characteristic of life as there are other ways living organisms can respire and not all respiration requires breathing.
Breathing is the physical movement of pulling in and pushing out air.
Respiration refers to the energy-making process that takes place in a cell.
Hope this helped!
