Which characteristics of life distinguish a fire and a flowering plant

Characteristics of life:

responsiveness to stimuli

growth and change

ability to reproduce

have metabolism

maintain homeostasis

made of cells

pass trains to offspring

a plant has all of these characteristics, a fire arguably only has a responsiveness to stimuli (such as going out when water is poured on it or getting bigger if rid is placed on it) and it grows and changes such as getting larger or dying out.

A. B. and D are wrong. its C for platoweb.