Question

What criteria do we use to decide whether something is alive?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Any visible movement such as walking, breathing, or growing is generally used to decide whether something is alive or not. However, a living organism can also have movements, which are not visible to the naked eye.

Answer 2

Answer:

If something shows the following characteristics, then it is a living thing

• It can move its own
• it needs food to get energy
• it respires
• it responds to changes in the environment
• it exhibits growth and development
• it removes its metabolic waste