can nonliving things grow?
820047
Non-living things can increase in size, but only in response to external factors. Non-living things cannot "grow" from within as living things do. Stalagmites and stalactites "grow" by the deposition of minerals from without. Crystals "grow" by adding layers of the same mineral from without. A riverbed can enlarge as a result of erosion of its banks. A mountain range or volcanic peak can "grow" as a result of pressures pushing it up from beneath. A living thing grows by creating more of itself from within, by duplication of its own matter - its own cells.
54823
plant it in the ground like a seed. not really, i'm just kidding you.  You should put it into an Annuity, you can't touch it or you will be penalized, it will grow, slowly, but not too slowly and it will mature i think whenever you want it to.
731636
people (you, me, everyone), plants, animals, or anything on this world that can grew.
786518
Don't amphibeous species grow back different limbs?  Besides, I heard they IMPORT their frogs legs from a wide variety of Nations, or at least they could if they ran out (it's not as if they are restricted from free trade, and isolated from the rest of the world).  But logic tells me the bodies would just remain the same, but you would have to do a little research, or actual testing, to find the true answer to your question.   But it is my opinion that my answer is simple enough to make sense to you.
556862
We actually can not give a chart of living organisms and non living organisms but we can differentiate them by giving differences and similarities.\nLiving                       No living\nThey can reproduce while noliving can not reproduce \ncan locomote    while noliving can not locomote\ncan feed       while noliving can not feed\ncan respond (irritability) while noliving can not respond to stimuli\ncan excrete wastes while noliving can not excrete wastes\ncan respire while noliving can not respire
383434
This is a common misconception.\n\nNails, hair etc do NOT continue to grow after death - it is merely the illusion of your skin contracting around the follicles etc that makes it appear so.
188064
its perfectly normal,dude...fungi grows on everything that can expire or dies... thats how they live.
445752
Absolutely.  Its life BEFORE death that I am not too sure of.
729914
There is a reason why plants only grow so high in nature.  They have to be able to still pump nutrients from the roots to the farthest limb.\n\nBesides, you would be providing a home for rats.
612907
no, but it would be a great change from the crap that's out here.serene, quiet. You can think,hunt for food, grow food. Become one with nature. Sounds real good to me....
1114115
I can assure you that this is absolutely not biologically possible.  Members of different species cannot reproduce and produce viable offpsring together, according to the classical definition of a species.
416604
possible but its more on the no side, conditions not right for life, even for microorganisms that can take extreme temperatures and harsh environment...best of all...no water, its all ice caps!
186322
Come on people.  We are talking about forever.  Not hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousand of years! NO a tree could not theoretically live forever.\nNote to Stepheyne: Taking a limb off and starting a new tree IS cloning.
103799
It's a matter of survival.  Only a small percentage of seeds produced by plants will actually grow into mature plants.  Some won't germinate.  Some won't wind up in a place where they can germinate.  Some will be eaten.  Plants produce so many seeds so that enough of them will grow into mature plants to ensure survival of the species.
967036
You need to define "viable and non-viable" cells....if DNA is still present for reconstruction of crime or accident...then the cells are viable.\n\nIf you are wanting to grow cells in a medium..then if the cell walls are intact and no damage to the cell structure has occurred...then the cell will be viable...\n\nmaybe this will help\n\n\nGood luck
757352
Certainly not.  There are tons of unicellular organisms like amoeba and other protozoa that are quite nicely alive, but don't have any form of sexual reproduction, so don't come from an egg.
183203
Well, the Earth can create life, and life grows on the Earth, so therefore it must be living in order for this to happen. Nothing dead that I've ever seen has created life. If so, I would love to know how, what, when, and where.