Question

Consider the following characteristics:

i) Highly organized

ii) Display homeostasis

iii) Reproduce

iv) Take energy from the environment and transform it

Which of the character(s) is/are common to a cell and a vacuum cleaner?

• A. None of the above
• B. All of the above
• C. i and iv only
• D. i only

Answer 1

The correct option is C

i and iv only

Both cell and a vacuum cleaner have organized machinery and both of them take energy from the environment to transform it. A vacuum cleaner takes in electrical energy and transforms it into mechanical energy, whereas, a cell takes in light energy from sunlight or chemical energy from complex food and transforms it into various forms.

However, a vacuum cleaner does not display homeostasis and cannot reproduce on their own.