AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -All living organisms need energy to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments; metabolism is the set of the processes that makes energy available for cellular processes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Big Ideas: All living things have certain traits in common: Cellular organization, the ability to reproduce, growth & development, energy use, homeostasis, response to their environment, and the ability to adapt. Living things will exhibit all of these traits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: Plants and animals are made up of cells containing DNA and both of them require energy to reproduce and grow. The presence of DNA and RNA is the characteristic of both plants and animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are seven characteristics of living things: movement, breathing or respiration, excretion, growth, sensitivity and reproduction. Some non-living things may show one or two of these characteristics but living things show all seven characteristics.