The answer which is not a characteristic of all living things is B. ability to move. Just take plants for example - they are indeed alive, but they remain stationary because they do not have the means to move. Every living thing grows and develops, has a certain response to the environment, and can reproduce, in one way or another.
The ability to move because not all living things can move like plants they cannot move but they can respond to their surrounding/ environment, ability to reproduce, and growth and development like all living things do to live/survive
