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2006-07-05 23:24:21 · 6 answers · asked by elleihzmar 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
FIrst of all..
you must know the characteristics of life before answering the question...
1. Living things has unique chemical organization
2. Living things grow (accretion and intussusception)
3. LIving things can reproduce (sexually and asexually)
4. Living things evolve
5. LIving thins have can adapt to their envirionment
6. Living things can move..(without ouside force)
7. Living things vary from size..
that's all i can remember...
so..with that..you can now distinguish the living organisms to non-living organisms
2006-07-06 00:27:44 · answer #1 · answered by †eRicK...! 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best way to remember the difference between living and non living things is "BERLIN GOD C's"
Living things:
Breathe - a better word is respire. Respiration is the process of burning food in the presence of oxygen to produce energy and carbondioxide.
Excrete - this is the removal of waste products from the body.
Reproduce - all living things produce offspring (young ones) with similar characteristics.
Locomote - living things can move a particular body part and can also move from place to place.
Irritability - this is the ability to respond to changes in the external environment.
Nutrition - all living things need to take in food for energy.
Grow - all living things get bigger in size.
Osmo-regulation - this is the ability to maintain the concentration / composition of body fluids.
Die - all living things have to die.
Cells - all living things are made of small living particles called cells. Each cell has a life giving molecule called the DNA (DeoxyRiboNucleic Acid)
2006-07-06 02:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by MO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An organism is something alive, so there is no such thing as a "non-living" organism, unless you're talking about zombies, or something. What it means to be alive is to be a system of matter that is self-directed and self sustaining, as opposed to non-living matter, which only reacts to outside influences.
2006-07-05 23:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by presidentofallantarctica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All living things are made up of the element Carbon. They are also capable of growth, reproduction, metabolic respiration.
2006-07-06 02:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by kameron_richardson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All living things display each of the following characterstics to one extent or another; (you can use the acronyn "GRINDERM" to remember them)
Growth
Respiration
Irritability
Nutrition
Death
Excretion
Reproduction
Movement
2006-07-06 00:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
living things disobey the second law of thermodynamics while non-living things usally obey the same though both of them may have souls!!!!
2006-07-05 23:30:46 · answer #6 · answered by ngonde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋