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Atoms are not alive because they don't fit the scientific standard of life. There are five qualifications that all life must have and atoms only really meet like two of them. They are:
1) Living things can grow 2)Living things can respond to stimuli 3)Living things can reproduce 4)Living things can change and evolve 5) Living things can self organize into systems (eg Organ systems, ecosystems, etc...)
there is still a lot that scientists don't know about atoms and the particles that build them so you can draw your own conclusions. Atoms from a strict scientific perspective are more understood as an expression of energy than life. They make life happen by supplying it with the energy it needs to exist.
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On the other hand, #1. Because we don't fully understand them, yet classify them as "not alive", leaves some issues. Living things can grow, and since living things are made up of atoms, this also means the multiplication of atoms...We (lifeforms) can not grow without other things coming into play (nourishment, etc.) or we don't grow..We get weak and die...We don't know the atom enough to say it does not take nourishment from anything to survive...There is an energy/power that makes us alive...and it can't happen without the "cocktail" of atoms that make us up..#2. Living things respond to stimuli...What happens to an atom(s) when heated, when cooled?..What happens when you split an atom?..You get a reaction!..#3. Living things can reproduce...We can't reproduce without them, we can't grow without them, because we are made of them!..Bottom line!...We ARE who we are, because we are made up of "living" active atoms! (and by the way, atoms also fade and die)...Their "life" is the reason for our "life"!
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes an atom is alive because if a sodium ion can carry information in the brain that means that ions of sodium are information carriers. In NaCl solution, if Na+ ion can carry information then that means that all ions of Na have information which has to be sensed. The sodium atoms can carry information that means that they know that they have to carry information. This means and clarifies that atoms know what to do. An atom is living because of the energy that is absorbed in the form of radiation. Due to this energy electrons are able to revolve around the nucleus. Atoms can neither be created. They will not destroy themselves. If an atom has more amount of energy than required then an isotope is formed.These are my views on an atom. an atom can absorb energy like living beings do by eating. They can excrete in the form of reflecting the radiant energy that falls on them.
A:No. Living things reproduce; atoms, almost by definition, do not.
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∙ 12y agoTo be considered a life form, the entity must consume nutrient, metabolize, and reproduce. [Some would add that it should have a cell wall].
Electrons seem rather inert against these criteria.
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∙ 15y agoAn atom is not a living organism, it is an inanimate particle that makes up an object.
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∙ 12y agoNo..... Atoms can neither be created nor destroyed under normal conditions. They can although be turned into energy. E=mc2
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∙ 12y agoNo. Neither molecules nor atoms are alive.
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∙ 7y agononliving
Only living things can reproduce themselves.
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∙ 11y agoA cell is always alive, buts atoms sometimes can make up living thing.
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∙ 13y agono, an atom is not alive
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What is the splitting of atoms into smaller atoms?
Nuclear fission is the splitting of atoms.
What are the two ways nuclear energy can be released?
Fusion (combining light atoms into heavier atoms), and fission (splitting heavy atoms).
Dalton's atomic theory stated that every element was made of atoms that could not be subdivided atoms of the same element are like and?
atoms are made of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
Can free electrons collide with atoms?
Yes, free electrons can collide with atoms.
Are the atoms sharing electrons?
Atoms which form covalent bonds do share electrons. An example would be the atoms in a water molecule. Yes, the electrons are really shared.
Do atoms leave you when you die?
Yes
How do carbon atoms get to Earth?
The carbon atoms that are already here are recycled. When plants and animals die, all the elements they have are recycled and reused.
What solid has atoms ions and molecules?
Why do you care.. Are you going to die now..
When strongly electronegativity atoms like fluorine bonds to atoms with a lower electronegativity like hydrogen what's the result?
the atoms go boom boom boom 13 milion times and then they die
What are somethings that happen to people after they die?
If you are a religious person you will believe that they go to a special place, I will not defy that. When you die your atoms get used in different places across the universe, your atoms could end up creating another person
What happens to the carbon dioxide atoms in the body of plants?
the body of plats will die coz of the atom
Why do you loose 6 pounds when you die?
No. Your body will decay and all of your atoms will be recycled back into the circle of life.
How did Jhon Quincy Atoms die?
He had a stroke on the floor of Congress. He was carried off to one of the adjoining rooms where he died.
Can you die from a black hole?
your atoms will always remain. life as you know it will cease to exist, though. happy trails!
The sun will go into its dying stages when what runs out?
The sun produce energy during the nuclear fusion process when hydrogen atoms are converted into helium atoms in the core of the sun. When the sun runs out of hydrogen it will "start to die".
Why carbon is important for living organisms?
because if you didnt breath it out you would die because no-one could breath it in to breath !
Is there a relationship of what atoms mix with what atoms?
there is no relationship of what atoms mix with what atoms
