AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Final Answer: the given statement is true.

Detailed explanation-2: -All living organisms are capable of growing and producing offspring. All eukaryotic organisms-including aquatic plants and algae-grow through the process of mitosis. Mitosis is a process where one cell divides into two cells (Fig. 2.46).

Detailed explanation-3: -To be called a living thing, an item must have once eaten, breathed and reproduced. A dead animal or plant is considered a living thing even though it is not alive. Our coastal temperate rainforest is full of living and non-living things which interact to create a complete and stable ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Living things have a variety of characteristics that are displayed to different degrees: they respire, move, respond to stimuli, reproduce and grow, and are dependent on their environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -Living things grow by making new parts and materials and changing old ones. This happens when a seed grows into a plant or a chick matures into a hen. As human beings grow, they add new structures, such as teeth, and change the proportions of others.