Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Difference between Living and Non-living Things
Living things exhibit life while non-living things does not. Living things grow, produce and move; non-living things do not. Living things needs energy and can even produce their own energy just like the plants, while non-living things do not need energy since they do not grow. Living things move, even plants have movement even if it is limited. Non-living things on the other hand does not move unless influenced by another source. If living things can grow, they most absolutely have the capacity to die; non-living things do not die because they are not alive to begin with.
It may be an easy subject to tackle however once you delve into the specifics of each subject, you will soon realize that there are characteristics that makes distinguishing between the two very difficult.
| In brief: • Living things can exhibit life while non-living things can not. They breath, grow, and need energy to exist, and most of them need air to breath. • Living things can move while non-living things can not unless if they are moved by another force. • Living things have the capacity to reproduce on their own while non-living can not unless of coursed reproduced by a living object, for example, a human making car parts. • Living things will sooner or later die while non-living things does not have the capacity to live nor die. |
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Living Things and Non-living things
Living things and Non-living things are subjects that one has to master. The basic of all sciences relies on the student learning to differentiate between the two. There are things that are obvious to tell apart, however things that are living but are hardly moving may get confusing at times.
Living things
Living things are things that are alive, as the word implies. Alive could mean a couple of things: breathing, growing, moving and reproducing. However not all characteristics would automatically determine if the object is living or not. Examples of living things are:animals, plants, insects, bacteria and of course, humans. All types of living things needs energy to keep on existing, this is done through several means or methods.
Non-living things
In the meantime non-living things are the exact opposite of living things. They do not exhibit any growth and they do not have a life of its own. They do not eat, sleep, reproduce, and respond to any forms of stimuli. There are non-living things however that can grow in size. An example would be icicles formed from rain and snow. They grow in size however they are not living.
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