sand
Soil, sand, gravel, rocks, water and light are non-living factors found in a desert.
Sand, soil, rock, water and light are non-living factors (abiotic factors) found in a desert.
Living: flowers, weeds, bugs, worms, slugs Non Living: soil, rocks, fertilizer, stakes
Non-Living Thing.
The non living things in a garden are rocks , and if there is any artifiacal items like pipe,light or anything else it is not living thing.And the fence also......
I suppose the questions is how you define living and non living... "has ever lived"? Water is inorganic. Volcanic Ash may be "new soil". But, many other naturally occurring constituents in the soil have been part of life at one time or another. Ammonia, Urea, Phosphates, Phosphorous, salts, etc... There would also be numerous minerals in the soil necessary to promote life. Even Proteins and carbohydrates might be from formerly living organisms.
Non-living things are objects or entities that do not possess life or biological processes. These can include items such as rocks, water, and computers that do not grow, reproduce, or exhibit characteristics of living organisms.
Your question is an oxymoron. Non-living things don't live anywhere, including in a cold desert. However, there are many abiotic (non-living) factors found in all deserts - sand, soil, gravel, rocks. water and light.
Actually soil is a living and non-living thing because soil cannot grow or reproduce which is what you need to do to be classified as a living thing, so then it is part non-living and no want makes it living is that it absorbs sunlight and water and provides nutrients for other organisms.
Soil doesnt live but things in it lives(plants seeds etc.)
living: plants, animals etc. non-living: soil
I suppose the questions is how you define living and non living... "has ever lived"? Water is inorganic. Volcanic Ash may be "new soil". But, many other naturally occurring constituents in the soil have been part of life at one time or another. Ammonia, Urea, Phosphates, Phosphorous, salts, etc... There would also be numerous minerals in the soil necessary to promote life. Even Proteins and carbohydrates might be from formerly living organisms.