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A metabolic reaction run in a test tube is:

AImpossible to ever carry out
BLiving reaction, not a living thing
CA complete living organism
DA reaction that is fully dead
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Living reaction, not a living thing
1. Metabolic reactions can run in cell-free systems. 2. Such a reaction is neither an organism nor dead matter. 3. It is a living reaction but not a living thing. _Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 1, The Living World._
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