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On a NASA mission that was looking for life on Mars, soil samples were taken and measured for the breakdown of nutrients and the production of carbon dioxide gas. Which characteristic of life would this
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On a NASA mission that was looking for life on Mars, soil samples were taken and measured for the breakdown of nutrients and the production of carbon dioxide gas. Which characteristic of life would this test measure?

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Energy use would be the characteristic of life that this test would measure.
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