They can distinguish whether the entity is living or non living by checking whether they have all the seven characteristics of living things.
These 7 characteristics include:
Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity
Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition.
If the entity does show all these seven characteristics, it should be a living organism.
In the past, scientists by using these 7 characteristics, they sorted living things in 5 kingdoms(plus virus), each with their own other characteristics.
Genetic variation describes naturally occurring genetic differences among individuals of the same species. This variation permits flexibility and survival of a population in the face of changing environmental circumstances. Consequently, genetic variation is often considered an advantage, as it is a form of preparation for the unexpected.
Acceleration is a little more complicated. It is defined as the rate of change of the object's velocity over its change in time. ... Or, if the acceleration is negative, it's called deceleration and describes something slowing down. For something to speed up or slow down, it has to have a certain change in velocity
Gametogenesis produces human egg and sperm cells