Question

Which of the things in the following list are non-living? Plough, Mushrooms, Sewing machine, Radio, Boat, Water Hyacinth, Earthworms.

Answer 1

Our surrounding comprises many different plants, animals, birds, land, soil, water, sun, etc. all of these are classified into living and non-living things. All these things form our environment and each of them are important.

Complete Answer:

- The things that are alive that can move, talk, breathe, and reproduce are living things and those who do not undergo locomotion, breathe, talk, and reproduce are the non-living things. The living and nonliving things both make the environment. In an environment we have humans, animals, birds, fish, insects, etc are living things but the habitat where they live are non living. For example fishes live in water, animals and humans live in land. The air we breathe is also non-living things but it is essential for us.

- So, the living and nonliving things, both are essential for the environment. The building where we live is a non-living thing, the bus or other vehicles through which we travel are also non living things. The vehicles can move but they do not breathe or reproduce therefore they are non-living things.

- Therefore from the given list of; Plough, Mushrooms, Sewing machine, Radio, Boat, Water, Hyacinth, Earthworm.

Plough, Sewing machine, Radio, Boat, are non living things and Mushrooms, Water Hyacinth and Earthworms are living things.

Note: The plant does not move from one place to another but they are living things because the plants can breathe and reproduce. The plant produces oxygen that is used by us to breathe and in return we provide carbon-dioxide that is used by the plant to breathe.