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What characteristic of life is exhibited by an algal cell moving toward light?
The ability to adapt
O The ability to maintain homeostasis
O The ability to grow
O The ability to respond

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The characteristic of life that is exhibited by an algal cell moving toward light is ability to respond (option D).

What are the characteristics of life?

Living things are animate things i.e. something that lives, as opposed to being inanimate or dead.

Living things are characterized by certain processes that distinguishes them from their non-living counterparts.

These characteristics are as follows:

  • Movement; ability to move
  • Respiration; ability to synthesize energy
  • Nutrition; ability to take in food or nutrients
  • Irritability; ability to respond to stimuli
  • Growth; ability to increase in size
  • Excretion; ability to get rid of waste
  • Reproduction; ability to procreate
  • Death; ability to die
  • Adaptation; ability to become conformed to their natural environment
  • Competition

According to this question, an algal cell is said to move towards light. This shows that the algal cell is exhibiting irritability as a characteristic of life i.e. the cell is responding to light stimulus.

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