Living organisms share certain characteristics. Which of the following are characteristics of living organisms? A. the ability to grow and reproduce
B. the ability to remove wastes from their systems
C. the ability to maintain a stable internal environment
D. all of these

Living things take in materials from their surroundings that they use for growth or to provide energy.

Nutrition

Respiration

Movement

Excretion

Growth

Reproduction

answer; i believe is(b)converging

hormones in blood stream

image: dtc.ucsf.edu

endocrine glands secrete hormones into the blood stream near them; the hormones then travel in our bloodstream until it reaches its destination, called a target cell, in distance parts of the body. in the target tissue, hormones lock onto the target’s plasma membrane, called the receptor site.