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Is a light a living thing?
For young students things are ‘living’ if they move or grow; for example, the sun, wind, clouds and lightning are considered living because they change and move.
Is a light bulb abiotic?
Typical examples of abiotic environmental factors are light, water, temperature, oxygen content, air humidity or wind velocity. The abiotic factor of light is not only important for plant growth but indispensable for flowering and germination.
What characteristic of life is shown by a light bulb?
Living things require energy. Light bulbs require electricity to work. Living things respond to the environment.
Which things are nonliving?
Non-living things are inanimate objects or forces with the ability to influence, shape, alter a habitat, and impact its life. Some examples of non-living things include rocks, water, weather, climate, and natural events such as rockfalls or earthquakes.
What classifies something as living?
In order for something to be classified as living, it must grow and develop, use energy, reproduce, be made of cells, respond to its environment, and adapt.
Is light biotic?
Biotic describes a living component of an ecosystem; for example organisms, such as plants and animals. Examples Water, light, wind, soil, humidity, minerals, gases.
Is light intensity biotic or abiotic?
Abiotic factors include: Light intensity: limited light will limit photosynthesis. This will affect the distribution of plants, and therefore the distribution of animals that eat plants.
What elements are in a light bulb?
Light bulbs started off with elements made of carbon, but over the years inventors added new elements such as tungsten, mercury, chlorine and europium to their toolkits.
What is a feature of a bulb?
Bulb, in botany, a modified stem that is the resting stage of certain seed plants, particularly perennial monocotyledons. A bulb consists of a relatively large, usually globe-shaped, underground bud with membraneous or fleshy overlapping leaves arising from a short stem.