True or false?
only a living organism exhibits all of the characteristics of life.

True

Explanation:

All living things such as plant, animal, human being and micro-organisms on this planet are able to exhibit all characteristics of life such as breathing, movement , reproduction, sensation, growth, excretion, nutrition etc. on their own. They are made of living cells that specializes themselves to perform specific task.

Non living things are not able to exhibit all the above characteristics of living things as they are made up of dead molecules/atoms.

Thus, the given statement is true.

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