2007-02-01 12:03:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've seen rotten apples on the tree and healthy ones in my fridge.
When does an apple die?
2007-02-01 12:11:23 · update #1
I don't think you could use these terms to an apple but the apple does have life fuctions like breathing and synthetising sugars from starch in the process of ripening.
2007-02-01 12:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by amateurgrower 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The individual cells of the apple are alive until they break down. However the term live is misleading. They are not alive as people or animals are alive. The part we eat if no one eats it just rots providing nutrients for the seeds when they grow.
2007-02-01 12:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by Bullfrog21 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the tree its alive.
seperate from the tree its dead. For a while though it appears alive and healthy.
Same as a person in the Vine of G-d.
2007-02-01 12:07:07 · answer #3 · answered by David T 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alive. Unless seperated from it mother tree.
2007-02-01 12:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
as opposed to a human? an apple is alive with enzymes and nutrients. a human is alive with feeling of love and pain.
2007-02-01 12:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by ConstElation 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While on the tree it's living. When it is removed from the tree, by picking or falling, it is dying/dead.
2007-02-01 12:07:22 · answer #6 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unpicked it's alive.
Picked it's just like a severed body part.
2007-02-01 12:10:02 · answer #7 · answered by lilith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it is disconnected from the source of it's nourishment (the tree)!
2007-02-01 12:12:08 · answer #8 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it's neither alive nor dead. it's just an inanimate object...
2007-02-01 12:06:43 · answer #9 · answered by em_bim23 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋