LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is (A) The ability to move from one place to another. Although many living things do have the ability to move from one place to another, this is not a characteristic of all living things. For example, plants are living but cannot move from one place to another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since not all living things move in response to stimuli, movement is not a necessary characteristic of life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Non-living things do not have a life span. They do not respire as they do not require food for energy and hence do not excrete. They do not fall into any cycle of birth, growth or death. They are created and destroyed by external forces.