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== Answer
- Movement: all or part of the living object can move
- Respiration: living things obtain energy from food during respiration
- Sense the environment: living things respond to changes in their environment
- Circulation: living things circulate gases and other chemicals
- Growth: living things grow
- Reproduction: living things produce new offspring
- Excretion: living things are able to get rid of waste products from their bodies
- Nutrition: living things can make their own food or obtain it by eating other living or once-living (dead) things.
whilst the cloud can move, it does not do any of the other therfore it is non-living.
Note that these criteria are completely arbitrary and many other definitions of life exist. Currently there are NO real and undisputed characteristics that all living things share, and there is no way to prove such a list. This cannot be proven until all the other mysteries of life have (such as the origination of cells/viruses) been proven, something that will probably never happen in the next several centuries.
The answer would thus be: Whatever you think.
What else can I help you with?
Does every non-living thing have water in it?
No. Say a printer, for instance. A printer is a nonliving thing because it doesn't carry out the life functions, or have organs. It is a nonliving object, that has no water in it. So to answer you question, not all nonliving things have water in them.
What are a ll living and nonliving parts of an environment called?
Living and nonliving parts of an environment are collectively called "biotic and abiotic factors". Biotic factors refer to the living organisms like plants and animals, while abiotic factors refer to the nonliving elements like sunlight, water, and temperature that shape an ecosystem.
Is a tornado living or nonliving?
A tornado is nonliving. It is a rapidly rotating column of air that forms during severe weather conditions, such as thunderstorms.
Is cloud a living thing?
No, clouds are not living things. Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air and are formed through the process of condensation and evaporation of water in the atmosphere.
Is abiotic living or non living?
Nonliving things are abiotic because the prefix a means non, not, against and things like that. Living things are biotic because they don't have the prefix a. (This is true I got it from my science teacher...Pce
Is a sun a living thing or a nonliving thing?
The sun is nonliving.
How is the growth of a living thing different from the growth of nonliving thing?
living thing has a cell and a nonliving thing doesn't
How is the growth of the a living thing different from the growth of a nonliving thing?
living thing has a cell and a nonliving thing doesn't
Is soil a living or a nonliving thing?
nonliving...
Is the sun a living or a nonliving thing?
The sun is nonliving.
Is clouds living or nonliving thing?
Non-living. A cloud is a mixture of the many things that are a bit higher up in the air (Nitrogen, Oxygen, ect) and water in gas form.Non-living
Why fire is a nonliving thing?
fire is a nonliving thing because it does not show all the characteristics of a living thing....
Is cheese a living or nonliving thing?
Non-living.
Is apple on tree living or nonliving?
living thing
Is a desert a living or nonliving thing?
Nonliving, it's an ecosystem, not an organism.
How can a nonliving thing be mistaken for a living thing?
the size
How can a nonliving thing can be mistaken for a living thing?
the size
