EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Rocks do not reproduce, they do not die, and therefore they were never alive. But the line is not always that clear. Life is the process of self-preservation for living beings and can be recognised by life processes; such as eating, metabolism, secretion, reproduction, growth, heredity etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rocks do not have cells. Only living things have cells and rock is a non living thing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Non-living things are inanimate objects or forces with the ability to influence, shape, alter a habitat, and impact its life. Some examples of non-living things include rocks, water, weather, climate, and natural events such as rockfalls or earthquakes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Viruses, virions, and viroids are all examples of non-cellular life. Viruses are parasites that infect plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria. They consist of genetic material and a protective protein coat.

Detailed explanation-5: -Endoliths are organisms, including archaea, bacteria, fungi, lichens, algae and amoebas, that live inside rock, coral or animal shells. Many endoliths are extremophiles, capable of surviving in hot and cold drylands, where rocks provide thermal buffering, physical stability and UV protection for local inhabitants.