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Non living things do not need energy to continue to exist. This new phylogenetic tree differs from older classification schemes in which the kingdom plantae consisted of multicellular, photosynthetic plants that develop from embryos protected by. Some things may seem like nonliving organisms by responding, moving and reacting, but these apparent responses occur only from outside influences. Give an example of how organisms grow and develop answers. Living and non living things characteristics and difference byjus. Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop. Life by design is a brief introduction to biology for nonmajor undergraduate students and advanced secondary level students. For example, a plant seed may look like a lifeless pebble, but under the right conditions it will grow. Some objects do possess that elusive thing called life, although they might not show the evident signs of life like a human.
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