Does fire kill all living things?

Answer 1

That depends ultimately upon the intensity of the heat, and the duration. Some types of seeds don't sprout *until* they've been burned over. But if those same seeds were tossed into an oven at 550F for an hour, they'd be dead.

Autoclaving kills all living things; that requires moist heat (steam, actually) at 121-123 degrees C for 30 minutes. The steam is much more effective than dry heat at killing all organisms.

This will not denature all the proteins that cause transmissible spongiform diseases like "mad cow," but these proteins are not considered alive anyway.

Answer 2

It depends on its intensity as well as its area and temperature.If very severe it can harm all life forms but several underground or hibernating animal have survived it but they died later as there was no food and water. And humans can also survive it : There have been incidences when people have survived severe forest and house fires , it's just luck and brains humans and other animals need to survive such fires.

Autoclaving kills all living things; that requires moist heat (steam, actually) at 121-123 degrees C for 30 minutes. The steam is much more effective than dry heat at killing all organisms.

Answer 3

Actually, in many temperate forests, some tree species, mostly conifers require a natural fire in order to germinate. The cones or seeds can not sufficiently begin to develope without the help of fire. But if the fire burns too long, it can kill the seeds.

Answer 4

The "controlled burns" that the US Forest Service are doing these days (mostly famous when they get out of control) are in part a recognition that the ecosystem of prairie and forest requires fire as a rejuvenating force.

Some species of pine tree, for example the Jack Pine, require fire to aid in germination.

Answer 5

a pine forest plant that needs fire to survive. Fire is a necessary event in the cycle of a healthy forest in Florida

Answer 6

Yes, if the fire totally consumes everything that was the living thing.

However, few fires consume absolutely everything.

Answer 7

yes it can. and really, only living things if you think about it. well, not so much living anyway, but organic. because when fire burns something it leaves behind a black residue. that residue is actually carbon. and carbon is the essential element in making something organic. if something has no carbon in it, then it is not organic. but if it has carbon, then it is organic.

Answer 8

Yes, mostly all living things.

Answer 9

I guess it would. Hehe fire ants... Totally pointless but think about it.

Answer 10

All life in this world as we know it-Maybe creates and alters other beings beyond our physical world