Which of the Following Characteristics of Life and Their Descriptions

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following characteristics of life and their descriptions is correct?

• A)Responsiveness-obtaining and using oxygen to release energy from food
• B)Assimilation-sensing changes inside or outside the body and reacting to them
• C)Respiration-changing absorbed substances into forms that are chemically different from those that entered the body fluids
• D)Circulation-the movement of substances in body fluids

---

Definitions:

Watson

Watson refers to James Watson, an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 alongside Francis Crick.

Amino Acids

Fundamental components of proteins, each containing an amino group, a carboxylic acid group, and a unique side chain.

Double Helix

The structure of DNA, which consists of two antiparallel polynucleotide chains twisted around each other.

Polymer

is a chemical compound or mixture of compounds formed by polymerization and consisting essentially of repeating structural units.