what is a non-living thing that show the chracteristic of having a life span
2006-09-25 11:30:31 · 12 answers · asked by pinkygirl m 3 in Social Science ➔ Economics
The easy answer is a car or almost any object made from moving parts that will eventually come to a halt because of a variety of causes (from entropy to lack of oil ...)
I guess the tough answer would be to think of a class of non-living things whose life-spans are as predictable as those of living things - e.g. we know the average life of human beings, the appropriate standard deviations, etc. Into this category might fall the radioactive elements - we know how long they take to decay into a different isotope ... I'll leave it there and see how many answers it provokes.
2006-09-25 11:44:13 · answer #1 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Virus or Mold
Why is this question in the economic section? You know there's also a science category for you to put this in so that you can get more efficient answers.
2006-09-25 19:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by LaLaLolita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mold, Body-Bugs, Viruses,
2006-09-25 18:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A virus
2006-09-25 18:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by fozio 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a virus take the flu virus for example google the flu virus ull c i study that already
2006-09-25 18:38:42 · answer #5 · answered by blondebeachbum77 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a rock,,but some people believe that they still alive.
2006-09-25 18:34:22 · answer #6 · answered by GOOCH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a rock probably
2006-09-25 20:20:49 · answer #7 · answered by julia k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a virus
2006-09-25 18:37:46 · answer #8 · answered by ♫ ♫ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
viruses of course, and maybe the prions
2006-09-25 18:35:59 · answer #9 · answered by system_founder 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Google it, or use your textbook.
2006-09-25 18:33:32 · answer #10 · answered by Nicole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋