Question

Why growth and reproduction can't be taken as difine property of all living organism?​

Answer 1

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Growth is defined as inversible increase in the number of cells or mass of living structure. If we consider increase in body mass at growth, non living objects like sand mounts grow too. Hence growth cannot be taken as a defining property if living organisms. Though it is a characteristics of living organisms .

Answer 2

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Why growth and reproduction can't be taken as difine property of all living organism?

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Reproduction is the ability to produce younger ones. It cannot be considered as a defining property of the living organism because in unicellular organism the increase in number of cells is considered as growth as well reproduction.