what happens during growth in non living things and living things
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Living things exhibit growth, movement, reproduction, respiration and metabolism. Living things use energy, respond to stimuli and adapt to their environment. Non-living things do not grow through internal metabolic functions but by adding on from the outside. ... Non-living things do not need energy to continue to exist.
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Crystals are created via the process of crystallization, which is essentially a transformation from utter disorder to perfection. Unlike living things, crystals do not grow by adding mass from within; instead, they grow when matching molecules are deposited on the outside of the crystal surface. Crystals grow in one of three primary ways: from a vapor, from a solution or from a melt. Regardless, they all turn out perfectly symmetrical, if they have room to grow.