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What must an object have to be considered alive?

What must an object have to be considered alive?

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Asked by Wyatt Williams, Last updated: Jan 01, 2025

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wendy udensi

wendy udensi

wendy udensi
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Answered Jan 27, 2021

It should have most characteristics of living things. Not all living things can move and some non living things can move.

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T. Moore

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Answered Jan 17, 2019

An object should possess all the characteristics of living things which are the ability of Excretion, Growth, Movement, Nutrition, Reproduction, Respiration, and Sensitivity. Living things absorb and use energy for them to develop and grow.

All things that have life need food and also made up of complex cells to move and have the ability to reproduce offspring in preserving their race. Living things also respond to their environment just like the animals and plants where they have learned to adapt in their given environment for them to live for a long time. Unlike non-living things, they do not interact and live harmoniously with the location they are placed at.

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Emma

Emma

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Answered Nov 03, 2017

It has to at least reproduce and take up space.

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Vivaan15

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Vivaan

Answered Jul 25, 2017

The answer should be all characteristics as a car also has most of the characteristics of living things but still it isn't a living hence it is a non living thing.

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John Adney

John Adney

John Adney
John Adney

Answered Jul 18, 2017

Let's put fire into consideration. Fire is non-living, according to trained scientists, but it contains most of the living things. The only thing is, fire does not contain cells and it takes all of the living things characteristics to declare a certain thing living. Please have proper information next time. Thank you.

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John Smith

John Smith

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Answered Jun 17, 2017

Most characteristics of living things
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