Alas, my last question for a while. IS fire ALIVE? I mean, it grows, reproduces, eats, breathes, is it alive?? What defines something as "alive"?
2006-08-08 21:24:49 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
And, on the off chance it IS alive does it have a soul??
2006-08-08 21:25:16 · update #1
Emotion defines something as alive, a.k.a. Feeling...
Fire feels you, wants to consume you, will chase you to get at you and if you attempt to stop it, Fire will get ANGRY and backdraft or strike at you one last time before it's to weak to do so, given half the chance Fire will find a way around your attempt to stop it and seek Revenge before giving up...
2006-08-08 21:34:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order for something to be alive, it has to have a life cycle. Fire does not have a life cycle, even though it has similar names as a breathing living thing. That is a limitation based on the English language. The similar words does not mean that fire is alive.
;-D Take care not to burn yourself.
2006-08-09 04:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Suppose It's alive, It's burning a whole mountain and the firemen come up to kill it, Don't you think there would be a strike in the whole city because the fire was killed by men?
I'd better think the fire should go to jail for assassination of plants and animals.
2006-08-09 04:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by Tudor_ 22 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when it has a heart and a soul, breathe on it's own, and was created by God- so i do not think fire is alive- has many different uses, but it is not alive. !
2006-08-09 04:30:26 · answer #4 · answered by destiny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire can't make decisions. Fire isn't self aware. Fire feeds off of fuel sources, to be sure, but it doesn't exhibit any of the tendencies we would consider to be indicators of life, no matter how much it may appear to be alive.
Fire moves from point to point without any consideration. It simply takes the path of least resistance, without exception. Humans also tend to take the path of least resistance, but at least for them, it's a choice.
2006-08-09 04:37:24 · answer #5 · answered by Bael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it is alive just like trees and plants are alive...it consists of different molecules and atoms..they are "alive" they are just assembled in a way that creates fire...us humans are made of different elements also and the way they are assembled gives us our appeareance
alive doesnt mean it can talk like us human. or interact with others like animals..it means to be made of elements ..it can only be not alive when the fire runs out ...just like a human when it dies isnt alive b/c its cells dont function anymore
2006-08-09 12:43:19 · answer #6 · answered by jewman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Of course
fire is alive,
earth, air, water = alive
and of couse plants trees animals have souls!
2006-08-09 04:32:11 · answer #7 · answered by Faye 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire is not alive .Suppose there are two fires ,one is from wood and another is from petrol .Their temperatures are different where as all living creatures have constant temperature .
2006-08-09 04:34:18 · answer #8 · answered by deepak57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire breaths, so I would say yes, fire is alive.
2006-08-09 04:31:58 · answer #9 · answered by ♥o_wise1♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although it mimics certain aspects of organic creatures (i.e. Breathing, Eating) fire is simply a chemical reaction and has no conciousness of its own.
2006-08-09 04:28:41 · answer #10 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋