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 keep their body conditions stable.
Living things grow and develop.
Living things reproduce.
Living things use resources from their environment to stay alive.
1 answer
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 in order to carry out photosynthesis and produce energy for growth and survival. Therefore, the fact that the plant is bending towards the sun is evidence that it is a living thing using a resource to maintain its life processes.