Question

Question 12

Although organisms die, their kind continue to live on earth. Which characteristic of living organisms makes this possible?
(a) Respiration
(b) Reproduction
(c) Excretion
(d) Movement

Answer 1

Option (b).

Reproduction is the characteristic of living organisms by which cells and organisms produce other cells and organisms of the same kind. It enables and ensures the continuity of species, generation after generation. Had the process of reproduction not been there, then all the plants and animals would have become extinct. Thus, even after the organisms die, their kind continue to live on earth because of reproduction.