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The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for:

  1. A
    responsiveness to touch
  2. B
    interaction with the environment and progressive evolution
  3. C
    reproduction
  4. D
    growth and movement

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Responsiveness to stimuli (consciousness/irritability) is a defining property of all living organisms. While reproduction and growth are characteristics of life, they have exceptions (e.g., sterile mules do not reproduce, and mountains can "grow" by accumulation), but responsiveness is universal in living systems.

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The living organisms can be unexceptionally distinguished from the non-living things on the basis of their ability for:
A
responsiveness to touch
B
interaction with the environment and progressive evolution
C
reproduction
D
growth and movement

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