There are 4 thing that need to happen for natural selection to occur:
1) reproduction
2)heredity
3)variation in fitness or organisms
4)variation in individual characters of the population.
Answer;
No, the petal is not alive according to the characteristics of life
Explanation;
-This is because the flower petal on it's own can not Grow, or Reproduce, Adapt to it's Environment, Use Energy, or Respond to it's Environment.
-Growth, reproduction, response, and respiration are some of the characteristics of living organisms, therefore for anything to be considered living it must possess these characteristics.
Answer: Animals
Explanation: Animal cells are eukaryotic but so are plants. However, only an animal can fly to get its food. Plants get their food by the sun or by themselves.
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