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Question
Reproduction is essential for living organisms in order to
Options
keep the individual organism alive
fulfill their energy requirement
maintain growth
continue the species generation after generation
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Solution
continue the species generation after generation
Explanation -
No living organism lives forever. The species would disappear with the death of an organism. So, living organisms produce new organisms similar or identical to themselves through the process called reproduction so as to continue their species generation - after - generation.
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