As a group, living things must be able to do all of the following except a. obtain and use energy. b. grow and develop. c. remain without change over time. d. respond to their environment.

i believe it would cause an increase of percipitation, though i could be wrong. so i would say b is the answer.

some fungi obtain their nutrients from a living host (plant or animal) and are called most biotrophic fungi have fairly narrow host ranges—they are specialized on a limited called rhizomorphs that allow the fungus to grow from one tree to another. ascospores are formed inside a sac-like structure called an ascus. so your answer is a