I believe it is A because Living things respond to changes, each and every living organism is made up of cell and adapting to changes is same as responding to changes.So, only one left is A.
Horizontal or transverse or axial cut is if you cutting the object with the horizontal plane. The cut would look like ( -- ).
Vertical or longitudinal is cutting in the vertical plane. The cut would look like ( | )
<span>There is also coronal cuts which were a cut with direction from front to back. </span>