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Growth and reproduction are not the defining property of living being why explain |
| Answer» Growth and reproduction cannot be taken as the defining property of all living beings because they are certain living beings in the world which do not show these properties and yet they are living beings. For eg: Drones, Infertile couples cannot reproduce yet they are living. Growth is defined as inversible increase in the number of cells or mass of living structure. If we consider increase in body mass at growth, non living objects like sand mounts grow too. Hence growth cannot be taken as a defining property if living organisms. Though it is a characteristics of living organisms . | |