A nonliving specimen refers to something that was never alive, like a rock or a chair. A specimen that is considered dead was once living but has now ceased all life processes.
Something that is dead is non living, but something that is non living isn't necessarily dead (that's probably confusing). Example: rocks are non living but not dead. Dead means it once lived but does no more. Non living usually means it never lived. http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/classify/living/2.htm
Yeast is a living organism in the fungal kingdom. It is a single-celled organism that can reproduce and metabolize nutrients.
Nonliving
If you are in the woods and you find an oddly shaped tree that is the shape of a table it is living, but if you bought it in a store it has been dead for a while. So in the wilderness it's like you and me, in your living room it's like a dead person.
its non living
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Living things are organisms that have the ability to grow, reproduce, respond to stimuli, and maintain homeostasis. Nonliving things are objects or materials that do not possess these characteristics. Dead organisms were once living but have ceased to exhibit any signs of life.
A dead bird is non living.
Non living is dead and living is alive
A nonliving specimen refers to something that was never alive, like a rock or a chair. A specimen that is considered dead was once living but has now ceased all life processes.
Rock, of any kind, is inorganic and is non-living.
soil,rocks,air,water,sunlight,dead matter
if your asking what is the difference living is something that is alive and i think you get the point that ........... nonliving is ...............................DEAD. Or never was alive what ever you guys like best.
dead implies that it was once alive, but nonliving implies that it is simply matter, and never was alive.
Mushrooms are living fungi that aid in decomposing dead animal and plant matter.