There are 6 characteristic actually. They are:
1. has 1 or more cells
2. has DNA
3. growth and development
4. can reproduce
5. use energy
6. react or respond to stimulus
The sun is nonliving.
living thing has a cell and a nonliving thing doesn't
living thing has a cell and a nonliving thing doesn't
nonliving...
nonliving
The sun is nonliving.
When trying to come up with characteristics of nonliving things, it helps to think about what makes them different from living things. Unlike living organisms, nonliving things do not need water to survive, nor do they have reproductive or respiratory systems. In addition, nonliving things do not need nutrition in order to exist.
I believe the answer would be yes, it is. A characteristic is something that distinguishes one thing from another.
fire is a nonliving thing because it does not show all the characteristics of a living thing....
Non-living.
living thing
Nonliving, it's an ecosystem, not an organism.