Is a shell a living thing or was it?Why?
Is a feather a living thing or was it?Why?
2006-08-20 09:41:07 · 9 answers · asked by luckygirl1192002 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It depends on if it is still attached to the creature that grew it. If you come across a shell in the sand that has no living creature in it, then no it is the equivalent of finding a human fingernail or a discarded snake skin. Pretty much the same held true to the feather. Wigs made from human hair are also non living in case you were wondering.
2006-08-20 09:50:57 · answer #1 · answered by Pundit Bandit 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
feathers and shells, like toenails, are components of living things, but are not in and of themselves live objects. They have no consicousness of their own, no independent vital system, such as circulatory or respiratory systems. If they are detached from the organism which produced them, they do not live of their own accord.
2006-08-20 09:48:22 · answer #2 · answered by Woz 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep, what some have suggested with regard to the newspaper or seaweed interior the refrigerator is the surprising innovations-set. sparkling out your crisper drawers, line it with the damp newspaper or seaweed, placed the lobsters in there. I had some Maine lobsters sent to me and that become the suggested approach for retaining them alive for a pair days till waiting to apply. of direction, they got here full of coldpacks and a gaggle of seaweed. I pulled mine out of the crispers 2 days later to lastly prepare dinner and that they have got been nevertheless alive.
2016-12-14 08:45:31 · answer #3 · answered by idaline 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To determine whether something is living you need to think about MRS GREN
Move (on its own)
Respire (turn oxygen into carbon dioxide - plants do this at night)
Sensitivity (not necesarily touch, plants grow towards light, so they sense it)
Grow
Reproduction (either sexual or asexual)
Excretion
Nutrition (does it eat or photosynthesise or something else?)
2006-08-20 11:09:33 · answer #4 · answered by Mordent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a feather is a living thing unless it departs from the animal.
a shell isnt a livng thing. it is just a structure formed by sediments settling.
2006-08-20 09:48:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
a feather fell off an animal- so its as real as your finger would be if it fell off ur hand- and a shell is as real as a rock
2006-08-20 09:46:59 · answer #6 · answered by fringefan1 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, I don't believe they would be considered living.
2006-08-20 10:04:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you name your tonail clippings.
2006-08-22 07:56:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They're like your fingernails and hair-- dead.
2006-08-20 09:48:30 · answer #9 · answered by michi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋