Answer the following question: Fact 1: Balance is the ability to sense and maintain body position. Fact 2: People fall when they lose their sense of balance. Given the two facts above, the ability to sense and maintain body position prevents people what?

Options:
[1]. falling.
[2]. death.
[3]. illness.
[4]. starving.
[5]. blindness.
[6]. disease.
[7]. depression.
[8]. sweating.
Answer:
[1].