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After reading the paragraph below, answer the question(s) that follow(s) .
You have landed on a distant, Earthlike planet and are leading a team of scientists charged with discovering whether life exists there. Realizing how difficult it can be to define life on Earth, let alone on another planet, your team put together a list of criteria that should be met for something to be considered alive.
-Which of the following would represent a good, relatively unbiased list?


A) carbon-based and have ribosomes, DNA, RNA, and proteins
B) capable of reproduction, energy interconversions, and response to stimuli
C) capable of reproduction, have distinct organelles including mitochondria, and be carbon-based
D) multi-cellular, have ribosomes, DNA, RNA, and proteins, and have distinct organelles including mitochondria

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