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waxes are a type of lipid.... lipids consist of waxes, fats, and oils.. lipids store energy for our cells to use when they need it. sort of like using a bank. without lipids and carbohydrates, whe wouldn't have enough energy to exersise, and play sports.

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How is a candle like a living thing?

A Candle is not a living thing because it does not have the 7 characteristics of living things which are: movemeny, reproduce, grow, excreate, or exchanging gases. it does have one charteristic of a living thing which is respond. it responds to fire because the fire is something called the stimulus which forces the wax on the candle to melt


How is a candle different from a living thing?

A candle is an inanimate object made of wax and a wick that burns to produce light, heat, and sometimes fragrance. It does not have the ability to grow, reproduce, or respond to its environment like a living thing. Living things, on the other hand, are characterized by cellular organization, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli, reproduction, and evolution. These fundamental differences distinguish candles from living organisms.


What characteristic of living things distinguishes them from non-living things?

The characteristic that distinguishes living things from non-living things is the ability to grow, reproduce, and respond to stimuli.


How do we classify living and non-living things?

Living things have the capacity to reproduce, non-living things do not reproduce. The living things use biological energy for their growth and development, non-living things do not require such energy.


What are the living things and non living things?

Roughly, the basic principle is that a "living things" can reproduce through cell division and "non-living things" cannot. For example, bacteria can procreate on its own, while viruses cannot. Viruses have to come into contact with the cells of living things to have their genome duplicated and multiply.

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How is a candle like a living thing?

A Candle is not a living thing because it does not have the 7 characteristics of living things which are: movemeny, reproduce, grow, excreate, or exchanging gases. it does have one charteristic of a living thing which is respond. it responds to fire because the fire is something called the stimulus which forces the wax on the candle to melt


How is a candle different from a living thing?

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What things are translucent?

Wax paper is translucent.