You know it's living if it has the following:
Cells - All living things have cells with chromatin; cells are the building blocks of life. Metabolism - All living things eat, drink, breathe and excrete.
Growth - All living things take in material from the environment to enlarge. Reproduction - All living things are able to produce a copy of them.
Irritability - All living things are able to react to a change in their environment. Adaptation - All living things are able to compete with each other for food and space to survive.
A basketball is an inanimate object, and is not a living thing.
Living things typically exhibit characteristics such as growth, reproduction, response to stimuli, metabolism, and organization. Look for traits like movement, respiration, sensitivity, and the ability to adapt to the environment to help determine if an object is a living thing.
A non-living object is something that was a living thing at one point but went through a process
A non-living object is something that was a living thing at one point but went through a process
No, a pebble is not a living thing. It is an inanimate object composed of minerals and does not have the characteristics of living organisms such as growth, reproduction, or metabolism.
I think so - I would usually classify a house plant as an object. But the houseplant is clearly living.
If you are in the woods and you find an oddly shaped tree that is the shape of a table it is living, but if you bought it in a store it has been dead for a while. So in the wilderness it's like you and me, in your living room it's like a dead person.
giving an inanimate object qualities of a living thing
move them around to move an object or living thing
A molecule is not a living thing. It is not a dead thing either, since to be dead it must first have been living. A molecule is an inanimate object or item.
Some observations that can help determine if an object is living include looking for movement, growth, reproduction, response to stimuli, and the ability to consume and utilize energy. Living organisms typically exhibit one or more of these characteristics, distinguishing them from non-living objects.
No, a comet is not a living thing. It is a celestial object made up of ice, dust, and rock that orbits the sun. It does not have the biological processes required for life.