A student investigates the characteristics of living and nonliving things. The student waters a picnic table and a plant each day for one month. The picnic table and plant are kept outside
in the Sun. After one month, the student observes that the height of the plant increases, and
the picnic table height remains the same.
Which characteristic is the student investigating?

This question lacks options; the options are:

A) ability to breathe

B) ability to move

C) ability to grow

D) ability to reproduce

The answer is C

Explanation:

According to the experiment conducted in this question, a student is trying to investigate the characteristics of living and nonliving things. She does this by watering a picnic table and a plant and place both in the sun (constant variable).

She them measures the height (dependent variable) of the things, which is the independent variable. Hence, the characteristics she is investigating is the ABILITY TO GROW because growth/height of the plant is the variable she measures in the experiment.

individual oxygen atoms are formed during photosynthesis.-c.

a. decomposes use carbon from dead organisms as fuel for cellular respiration, returning carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.