SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Something that is living
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Something that is dead, but was once living
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Something that was never living
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -adjective. not endowed with life. “the inorganic world is inanimate” “inanimate objects” synonyms: non-living, nonliving nonconscious.
Detailed explanation-2: -inorganic | Intermediate English not consisting of living material, or relating to substances that do not contain living material: Rocks and metals are inorganic.
Detailed explanation-3: -a(1) : being or composed of matter other than plant or animal : mineral. (2) : forming or belonging to the inanimate world. : of, relating to, or dealt with by a branch of chemistry concerned with substances not usually classed as organic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Defining Organic & Inorganic There are a few important exceptions to this rule, such as carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. So, organic compounds can also be defined as molecules that make up living things, while inorganic compounds make up non-living things.
Detailed explanation-5: -Thus, vitalist scientists categorized the chemical compounds of living organisms as organic and the compounds of nonliving things as inorganic.