Question

A scientist discovers a putative new life form and notes that the creature's body is bilaterally symmetrical and consequently satisfies the criteria for defining life in which of the following categories?

• order
• growth and development
• none, symmetry is not a basic characteristic of life

Answer 1

• none, symmetry is not a basic characteristic of life

Step-by-step explanation:

The basic characterisitics of life are the next ones: responsiveness to the environment; growth and change; ability to reproduce; have a metabolism and breathe; maintain homeostasis; being made of cells; and passing traits onto offspring. so as you can see there are no charcteristic that makes a reference to the symmetry of the creature so is not a characteristics of life.

Answer 2

Answer:None,symmetry is not a basic characteristic of life

Step-by-step explanation:

An living individual exhibit the following criteria of life which are

• Respond to the environment
• Grow and Evolve
• Reproduce and have offspring
• Complex chemistry of body
• Maintain homeostasis
• Built of structures called cells
• Pass on their traits onto their offspring

If these traits are found in any creature then it can be said that it is a form of life.