NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Living things are made up of a cell or cells. They obtain and use energy to survive. A unique ability to reproduce, ability to grow, ability to metabolize, ability to respond to stimuli, ability to adapt to the environment, ability to move, and last but not least an ability to respire.

Detailed explanation-2: -All living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, reproduction, adaptation, growth and development, homeostasis, energy processing, and evolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.