What Is a Nonliving Thing?
A nonliving thing is no longer living or has never had the traits of life including respiration, reproduction, movement, metabolism, sensitivity and growth. Nonliving things do not require energy to continue existing in their current state.
Both dead things and objects that were never alive make up the category of nonliving things. Another characteristic living things tend to have is the ability to react to their environment. A living thing has sensitivity to the environment around it and can then react accordingly. Nonliving things such as rocks, sand and dead animals lack this ability entirely. Nonliving things that were never alive often lack organic components.
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