AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants make their own food. They use their roots to get water and minerals from the soil. Plants use this mixture and sunlight to make food in their leaves. Like animals, plants reproduce.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants are living because they grow, take in nutrients and reproduce. Trees, bushes, a cactus, flowers and grass are examples of plants. Plants are also living things. Plants are living because they grow, take in nutrients and reproduce.

Detailed explanation-3: -To be called a living thing, an item must have once eaten, breathed and reproduced. A dead animal or plant is considered a living thing even though it is not alive.