Do living things depend upon non living things?

Answer 1

YES!!

Minerals needed for plants to live are not living!!

The sun is not living!!

These are needed by plants

All food you eat starts with, besides the sun, a producer or plant.

Answer 2

yes living things depend greatly upon non living things. a birds nest is a nonliving thing without which they would have no shelter. water is nonliving without which we would all die a house also none living protects us from ex poser and the elements.

Answer 3

There are a number of ways living things need nonliving ones, depending on how complex the organism is.

Firstly, all living things are made up of nonliving matter, particularly carbon, so to grow or reproduce, they must take in more carbon. Plants, for example, take it from carbon dioxide in the air during photosynthesis, while animals get it either by eating plants, or by eating other animals that have eaten plants.

Water is also a necessary inanimate substance - it is both a transport mechanism, carrying nutrients around the body, and part of the chemical reaction of photosynthesis in plants and algae, where it reacts with carbon dioxide from the air to make sugars, which store the energy needed for the plant to live and grow.

Carbon, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Phosphorus are also needed to make DNA and RNA.

In animals, iron is necessary for the production of haemoglobin, which transports oxygen around the body.

25 chemical elements are essential for life: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 96% of the body, with calcium, phosphorus, potassium, chlorine, sodium, sulphur and magnesium making up another 3.5% and the rest being trace amounts of boron, chromium, cobalt, copper, fluorine, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, silicon, tin and vanadium.

Beyond simply being parts of a living thing's body and thus essential to take in to maintain life, nonliving things also comprise parts of our environment. All living things are adapted for certain types of environment - some to the point of dying if placed in an environment sufficiently different. In its own environment, a life form is able to outperform potential competitors that are not as well adapted and thus is more likely to survive. Dump a hyena at the South Pole and it will have a very hard time catching penguins as they skid across the ice and swim away, and eventually either starve or freeze.

Animals can mitigate the negative effects of their environment using some of the things around them: a cave offers shelter, a forest offers concealment, a high altitude offers a low oxygen pressure in the air that will leave a lowland predator breathless.

And among the most complex animals, nonliving things become tools, crafted and used to change the environment to facilitate survival. Some animals use inanimate objects to build displays and secure a mate. A few primates have discovered they can use sticks to access food in inaccessible places, and that they can throw rocks and faeces to drive off enemies.

Humans are the ultimate user of tools. Wood and flint are used to make fire, which creates warmth, is used to kill potentially harmful bacteria and parasites in food by cooking, sheds light so we can see what is around is. Rocks and sticks, then metal, were used to make weapons for fighting (to claim a better environment) and hunting. Hides and fibres were used to make clothes, to protect us from sun, rain and wind; wood and stone can be used to build our own shelters, and so on.

Answer 4

Yes, but only some living things depend on non living things. For example, An Deer usually depends on plants and fruit and plants.

Answer 5

No. Living things need needs.