Question

1. Which of the following is NOT a property of life:
A. Metabolism
B. Growth
C. Surrounded by a membrane
D. Reproduction
E. Transfer of information via DNA/RNA

2. Prokaryotic cells are characterised by the following:
A. Transfer of genetic material between cells
B. Smaller than eukaryotic cells
C. Circular chromosomes
D. Capable of mitosis
E. No membrane-bound organelles

Answer 1

1c
2 E

Answer 2

@lanre why do you say those?

Answer 3

1c what is surrounded by a membrane?
2E Prokaryotic cells has no membrane bound nucleus.

Answer 4

@lanre is right.. Life is not surrounded by a membrane.. and then for this particular question a process seems to be more appropriate as an answer..

Answer 5

@Kayne life has to be surrounded by a membrane....think of any living thing....it has a membrane. Would would it even mean to be alive but not have an internal state?

Answer 6

@remnant.. I'm sorry.. I was actually thinking of a complex organism being in a membrane.. :S really sorry.. and you are right.. life has to be surrounded by a membrane.. a concrete example is the cell itself being the basic structural unit of life is surrounded by a cell membrane..