I'm just curious that If an organism can survive in extreme cold, why not in a fire? Where there studies conducted to make it possible for living organisms to live in a fire?
2006-09-02 22:43:44 · 10 answers · asked by guess 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
not only higher forms of life but also unicellular organisms included
2006-09-05 22:08:37 · update #1
No. Life entails a high level of order in chemical structures, and thermal agitation (heat) destroys this order. There are some pretty tough spores and tiny critters out there (check out the water bear), but none could put up with the +2000 F heat of a fire or molten rock.
A large enough comet strike could supply sufficient energy to remelt the earth's crust, basically sterilizing the planet and sending us all the way back to square one. Have a nice day.
2006-09-02 22:53:00 · answer #1 · answered by SAN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends...
define life...
if we break down any life form, what do we get?
when anyone can answer THAT question, you have a right to feel like you can answer this one...
if i don't win SOMEthing for this answer, the wheel is rigged...
; - )
btw...part of a question that i'd like answered by posing this question is 'is fire or lava 'alive'?
guess that disqualifies me, huh? so i may as well just continue...
; - )
i guess this is why so many people have such a hard time attributing consciousness to a planet...
we are sooooooooooooo speciocentric...
humans are NOT the center of the universe...
and our small small intellect does not yet acknowledge much of the nature of 'life'...
just look at what we've done with the place...
and we call dogs, cats and monkeys and such 'dumb animals'?
we're the first creatures to cause a major climate change in the known history of this planet...
and you folks want to authoritatively determine whether anything can live through fire or lava?
we did...
just go back a little ways...what's a few eons to eternity?
how many points was that?
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2006-09-02 23:57:24 · answer #2 · answered by isaac m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extremophiles--organisms that love extremes of hot and cold--have been found all over earth (since the discovery of creatures living in deep ocean without photosynthesis in 1970's) and have been postulated to exist in some really strange places--like in hot springs, which is not exactly fire, but is pretty hot (an extremophile that loves heat is a thermophile). I read somewhere that some people think that there are organisms on the Sun (I don't remember the source). You could check out the source for more info.
2006-09-02 22:56:03 · answer #3 · answered by Pandak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea there are organisms which live in molten lava....Scientists found out in the volcano's of pacific Oceans...some say they are from deep earth where there is Hell...YES this is true there is also a verse in Bible saying that worms in the Hell don't die in the molten Lava......
Thanks for the Question
God Bless You
2006-09-02 22:54:30 · answer #4 · answered by Deby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aquatic life form called the Pompeii worm lives near underwater volcanic vents in extreme temps. I don't think anything can live in open flame of lava though.
2006-09-02 22:54:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
While there are organisms that can survive extream conditions. fire and lava is a bit too extream for anything. At those temperatures molecules cannot form the nessecery bonds needed.
2006-09-02 22:49:33 · answer #6 · answered by QuantumC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No known organisms can survive such extremes of heat. Nothing can survive having its liquids boiled away.
2006-09-02 22:50:41 · answer #7 · answered by dm_scorpio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i because my sister is as hot as a lava when she is angry
2006-09-02 22:46:20 · answer #8 · answered by chirag 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
roaches live through everything
2006-09-02 22:46:20 · answer #9 · answered by sllyjo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. NONE. Don't you have ANY common sense at ALL???
2006-09-02 22:54:00 · answer #10 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋