NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Need for oxygen is not a characteristic of all living things. This is because living things are both plants and animals.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-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.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.