If you observed a newly discovered 'thing' and tried to decide if it might be alive, what would be the weakest distinction for life?Multiple Choicehomeostasismovementstructural organizationevolutionenergy use

What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?

When we try to define ‘living’, we conventionally look for distinctivecharacteristics exhibited by living organisms. Growth, reproduction, abilityto sense environment and mount a suitable response come to our mindimmediately as unique features of living organisms. One can add a fewmore features like metabolism, ability to self-replicate, self-organise,interact and emergence to this list. Let us try to understand each of these

Which of the following is a characteristic of life?Multiple choice question.Consciousness ResponsivenessLocomotion

Item12Item 12Which of the following is not an example of science:Multiple ChoiceGut instinctTestable hypothesesManipulative experimentsObservational studiesNatural experiments

Were there any items that were difficult to classify as living or non-living? Explain your answer.