LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

DIVERSITY AMONG LIFE FORMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does “dead” mean?
A
It means that the object was living at one point.
B
It means that the object was never living.
C
It means that it does not move.
D
It means that it is dormant.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Non-living things lack characters of life as they are not made up of cells. For example, a motor car, a glass tumbler etc. Dead things are the things that are no more alive but made up of the dead part of living things.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term living thing refers to things that are now or once were alive. A non-living thing is anything that was never alive. In order for something to be classified as living, it must grow and develop, use energy, reproduce, be made of cells, respond to its environment, and adapt.

Detailed explanation-3: -We now know that leaves, twigs, shells and feathers are all dead because they used to be living, but rocks, plastic bottle lids and stones have never been alive because they don’t need food, water and air to survive!

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