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No. Rotting wood is part of a ex-living thing. The bacteria and/or fungi in it, that are causing the deterioration, are living things though.
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Is chopped wood a living thing?
No because it is
Is wood decomposing a physical or chemical change?
The rotting of wood is a chemical change because of many reasons. One of the reasons is because when wood rots, it produces mold, which is a new substance. The definition of chemical change is a change that produces one or more new substances. When the wood rots, you are unable to take the rotted wood and mold and make it back into wood that is yet to be rotted. So because the wood produces one (or more) new substances, the rotting of wood is a chemical change.
What ants live in rotting wood and build a complicated system of chambers and tunnels?
Termites
What break down rotting wood and other plant parts?
Decomposers such as, bacteria and fungi.
Which of these is a physical change ice melting iron rusting wood rotting or a match burning?
ice melting
Is wood a living thing or nonliving thing?
Wood is a non-living thing. However, wood can be living. Wood contains cells and cells are one factor that defined living life. When a tree is still rooted and not cut - it is living. Therefore the wood it contains is living. When the tree is cut down - it dies. Therefore the wood it contains is dead.
What type of change is wood rotting?
The chemical change of wood rotting is called Decomposition
What metal is made of wood's metal?
Wood is wood. It is not metal, it is a living thing.
Is wood living or non living?
It is a living thing because it still have cells.
Is chopped wood a living thing?
No because it is
Is wood living or nonliving?
Wood is a non-living thing. However, wood can be living. Wood contains cells and cells are one factor that defined living life. When a tree is still rooted and not cut - it is living. Therefore the wood it contains is living. When the tree is cut down - it dies. Therefore the wood it contains is dead.
Is wood living nonliving?
Wood is a non-living thing. However, wood can be living. Wood contains cells and cells are one factor that defined living life. When a tree is still rooted and not cut - it is living. Therefore the wood it contains is living. When the tree is cut down - it dies. Therefore the wood it contains is dead.
What kind of wood resists rotting?
Cedar
How are the nonliving things in the rain forest important to the living things?
Non living things such as a rotting peice of wood can be good for grubs and such. Or trees that are dead but hollowed out can provide shelter for groundcreatures.
Is wood that has been chopped down considered a living thing?
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Do flies lay eggs in rotting wood?
Fruit flies will lay eggs in rotting wood. Fruit flies will generally lay their eggs nearly anywhere that they can.
Why rotting wood is a chemical change?
Rotting wood is a chemical change because the decomposed wood has different properties that cannot be reversed. Chemical changes alter the identity of a substance, whereas physical changes do not.
