Question

list the characteristics of living things that differentiate them from non living things
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Answer 1

Answer:

These “things” can be categorized into two different types – Living and Non-living Things.

All living things breathe, eat, grow, move, reproduce and have senses.

Non-living things do not eat, grow, breathe, move and reproduce. They do not have senses.

Answer 2

Explanation:

All living things breathe, eat, grow, move, reproduce and have senses.

Non-living things do not eat, grow, breathe, move and reproduce. They do not have senses.

Living things exhibit locomotory motion, they move. Animals are able to move as they possess specialized locomotory organs, for example – Earthworms move through the soil surface through longitudinal and circular muscles.  Plants move in order to catch sunlight for photosynthesis

Non-living things are lifeless. They do not have cells, and there is no protoplasm which forms the basis for life to exist.