Which of the following is not an essential life process?

Circulation

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Nutrition

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Respiration

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Reproduction

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Solution

The correct option is D
Reproduction

All of them are essential life processes except reproduction. Reproduction is essential for maintenance of individuals of species over generations. Circulation is the movement of blood through the body that is caused by the pumping action of the heart. Nutrition is the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth. Respiration is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place within the cells of organisms.

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After all, reproduction is not necessary to maintain the of the individual organisms, unlike the essential life of an individual respiration, or excretion.on the other hand, if individual organism is going to create more individuals ,a lot of its energy will be spent in the process.

So why should an individual organism waste energy on a process it does not need to stay alive?

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