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The living beings are those beings In particular, they have a complex organic structure, and they fulfill a cycle through which they are born, grow, reach a capacity to reproduce and then die.
The characteristics that are proper to living beings are those of the homeostasis (the balance between the external and internal environment, fundamental for the condition of life), cell organization, metabolism, irritability, adaptation, and reproduction.
By the characteristic of living beings to be autonomous, It must be said that on planet Earth the multiplicity of living species has led to a forced coexistence, through which different species of beings saw the need to interact with each other (see: examples of symbiosis).
The supremacy of the human being It was a crucial point in this order, since the relationship with other living beings began to be realized from another point of view, such as trade, culture or different motives of a civilization.
See also: Examples of Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Examples of living things
| Plants | Protozoa |
| Algae | Fishes |
| Bacteria | Mammals |
| Birds | Jellyfish |
| Polyps | Arachnids |
| Reptiles | Cyanobacteria |
| Amphibians | Animals |
| Gastropods | Crustaceans |
| Mushrooms | The human being |
| Insects | Microorganisms |
More examples of living beings?
- Examples of Vertebrate Animals
- Examples of Invertebrate Animals
- Examples of Domestic and Wild Animals
- Examples of Flora and Fauna
The denomination of non-living beings many times it is used to speak of inert objects, those that cannot fulfill any of the vital functions of living beings.
Nature is endowed with a large number of objects that do not have the characteristics of living beings, some of them essential for life but not endowed with it. In addition, the transformation that living beings have carried out on earth caused a much greater number of inert objects to be produced, including all the objects that humans have built on their path of development.
The process of the inert matter In relation to its reproduction it has certain characteristics, which will never be the same as those of living beings. Here are some examples of inert objects:
Examples of non-living beings
| Water | Magnesium |
| Sunlight | Sodium |
| Mountains | Medicines |
| Atmosphere | Cellphones |
| Rocks | Sand |
| Calcium | Iodine |
| Plastic | Fluorine |
| Buildings | Cement |
| Pills | Gold |
| Match | Zinc |
