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Living things need air, source of energy living things don't

Living things can reproduce, nonliving things can't

There are many others, you just have to think! For example, what are the differences between a dog and a pencil?

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Living things breathe, grow, and reproduce. Non-living things are static and will not perform these activities. Living things must consume nutrition to live. Non-living things do not need to do this.

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You should be using the internet to answer questions for homework. You might get away with it but you wont get away with it all the time. Also, you won't benefit from it unless you actually try.

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living things can move, reproduce,etc and nonlivig things cant do

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Living things are composed of cells and need food, water and shelter to survive. Nonliving things are not composed of cells and do not meet the requirements of life.

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They both have particles. The particles that living things have are called cells.

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