Is an egg a living thing or non things

Is an egg a living thing or non things

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jamani hivi YAI la kuku alilomaliza kutaga ni living thing or non living thing???
 
Back to the basic Biology: Go and review Characteristics of living things:
If an egg does not meet any of these, then its not a living thing. Go back then and study 'seed dormancy'... This is a state of quasi living 'organism'... Its neither living nor dead... Its dormant until life is activated.

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things

Below is an example of the 7 Characteristics of living things, using the earthworm as an example.

Movement

All living things move in some way. This may be obvious, such as animals that are able to walk, or less obvious, such as plants that have parts that move to track the movement of the sun.

Earthworms use circular and longitudinal muscles to move through soil or along surfaces.

Respiration

Respiration is a chemical reaction that happens within cells to release energy from food.

The food that earthworms eat supplies their body with energy-rich molecules such as glucose. On entering the cells of their body, these molecules are broken down in a series of steps to release energy to be used by the body, producing carbon dioxide and water as waste products.

Sensitivity

The ability to detect changes in the surrounding environment.

Earthworms have light-sensitive cells scattered in their outer skin. Their skin cells are also sensitive to touch and chemicals.

Growth

All living things grow.

Earthworms hatch from eggs and can grow up to a meter or more in length! Some earthworms are also able to regrow small parts of their body that have been lost or injured.

Reproduction

The ability to reproduce and pass genetic information onto their offspring.

Earthworms have both sperm and eggs within their bodies (they are hermaphrodites) but they cannot self-fertilize and need to mate with another individual. After mating, a cocoon containing the fertilized eggs is deposited in the soil.

Excretion

Getting rid of waste.

Earthworms excrete waste from their anus – the last segment of their body.

Nutrition

The intake and use of nutrients. This occurs in very different ways in different kinds of living things.

7 Characteristics of Living Things - Waihi Science
 
Aloo ni livng material
Nichumu Nibebike said:
Back to the basic Biology: Go and review Characteristics of living things:
If an egg does not meet any of these, then its not a living thing. Go back then and study 'seed dormancy'... This is a state of quasi living 'organism'... Its neither living nor dead... Its dormant until life is activated.

The 7 Characteristics of Living Things

Below is an example of the 7 Characteristics of living things, using the earthworm as an example.

Movement

All living things move in some way. This may be obvious, such as animals that are able to walk, or less obvious, such as plants that have parts that move to track the movement of the sun.

Earthworms use circular and longitudinal muscles to move through soil or along surfaces.

Respiration

Respiration is a chemical reaction that happens within cells to release energy from food.

The food that earthworms eat supplies their body with energy-rich molecules such as glucose. On entering the cells of their body, these molecules are broken down in a series of steps to release energy to be used by the body, producing carbon dioxide and water as waste products.

Sensitivity

The ability to detect changes in the surrounding environment.

Earthworms have light-sensitive cells scattered in their outer skin. Their skin cells are also sensitive to touch and chemicals.

Growth

All living things grow.

Earthworms hatch from eggs and can grow up to a meter or more in length! Some earthworms are also able to regrow small parts of their body that have been lost or injured.

Reproduction

The ability to reproduce and pass genetic information onto their offspring.

Earthworms have both sperm and eggs within their bodies (they are hermaphrodites) but they cannot self-fertilize and need to mate with another individual. After mating, a cocoon containing the fertilized eggs is deposited in the soil.

Excretion

Getting rid of waste.

Earthworms excrete waste from their anus – the last segment of their body.

Nutrition

The intake and use of nutrients. This occurs in very different ways in different kinds of living things.

7 Characteristics of Living Things - Waihi Science
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Basic unit of life(cells) and genetic materials are within the egg regardless of the fact that it can't show all characteristics that a livingthings must have but it's a livingthing
 
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