Brooks makes a claim that his plant is a living thing because it uses sunlight. His evidence is that his plant in the kitchen window bends toward the sun. What reasoning supports his explanation? (1 point)

Question

Brooks makes a claim that his plant is a living thing because it uses sunlight. His evidence is that his plant in the kitchen window bends toward the sun. What reasoning supports his explanation? (1 point)

Responses

Living things grow and develop.
Living things grow and develop.

Living things use resources from their environment to stay alive.
Living things use resources from their environment to stay alive.

Living things reproduce.
Living things reproduce.

Living things keep their body conditions stable.
Living things keep their body conditions stable.
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Answer 1

The reasoning that supports Brooks' explanation is that living things use resources from their environment to stay alive. In this case, the plant is using sunlight as a resource to survive and grow, as evidenced by the fact that it bends towards the sun in the kitchen window.