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Living things all have a system inside of them that keeps then alive, their heart, lungs and brain for example. If even one thing goes wrong with their system, they can die.
Cars are not alive, but they also need a system to work, their gas tank, motor and battery for example. If one if those stops working, the car won't be able to work.
In short, they're different because one is alive and the other isn't. They're similar because they both rely in a system to function properly.
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BlakeA car is similar to a living organism in that both require energy to function and have complex systems that work together. However, a car lacks the ability to grow, reproduce, or respond to its environment like a living organism can. Additionally, a car does not have the capacity for self-repair or the ability to adapt to changing conditions in the same way a living organism does.
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What is non living organisms?
Non-living organisms refer to objects or structures that do not possess the characteristics of living organisms, such as growth, metabolism, or reproduction. Examples include rocks, water, and air.
What characteristics of living things are similar to those of a motor car?
it is not similar at all.
What are the five characteristics of life does a car have?
A car does not meet any of the five characteristics of life: organization, energy processing, growth and development, response to environment, and reproduction. Cars do not exhibit biological functions or processes, making them fundamentally different from living organisms.
An alien drops into your biology class and defines a motorcar as living-thing and a balsam plant as a non-living thing. How would you justify your classification to the alien?
I would explain to the alien that motorcars are man-made objects designed for transportation and do not exhibit biological characteristics of living organisms such as growth, reproduction, or metabolism. On the other hand, balsam plants are living organisms that grow, reproduce, respond to stimuli, and carry out metabolic processes like photosynthesis, making them clearly classified as living things in biology.
Does a car have 5 characteristics of a living thing?
no, fire is not "alive". First of all, the definition of "life" is interesting. It appears you read a book that says there are 5 characteristics, while in my college bio book it says 7 characteristics, so you can see it is already arbitrary. I will use the 7 characteristics in my book just b/c I have it with me and I don't know what your "5 characteristics" are. Note, for something to be "alive" it basically has to have all these qualities. Things that have some of these qualities but not all are not alive (such as viruses). 1. Are hightly organized compared to natural inanimate objects. (Fire fails) 2. Display homeostasis, maintaining a relatively constant internal environment. (Fire fails) 3. Reproduce themselves. (Arguable, but I'd say fire passes) 4. Grow and Develop from simple beginnings. (Fire passes) 5. Take energy and matter from the environment and transform it. (Hmm, I'd say fire passes but then again fire IS energy so maybe not...) 6. Respond to stimuli (I'd say fire fails) 7. Show adaptation to their environment (I donno lol) So as you can see since fire does not pass all it is not alive. Of course almost everything passes at least one of these things, for example try asking these 7 things about a rock!
