Question

Living things are composed only of organic elements, whereas nonliving things are made up of inorganic elementsa. Trueb. False

Answer 1

Answer: option B) Statement is false

Explanation:

Living things are NOT composed only of organic elements. Organic elements refers to compounds of Carbon, whereas living things such as Vertebrates (man, shark, lion etc) possess bones, teeth with INORGANIC components like phosphorus, magnesium, calcium.

Also, nonliving things are NOT made up of only inorganic elements. A good example is the air we breathe, it is non-living, yet contains carbon in the form of Carbiondioxide.

Answer 2

Living things are composed only of organic elements, whereas nonliving things are made up of inorganic elements - b. False

Living organisms are organisms that are able to show characteristics of life and are made up of organic and inorganic molecules. Non-living organisms are organisms that are not able to show characteristics of life and are made up of inorganic molecules, however, carbon molecules can be present.

• All living organisms are made up of molecules that can be organic or inorganic.
• The organic molecules are mainly composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
• The inorganic molecules are mainly a molecular form of elements like oxygen, sulfur, phosphorous, zinc, iron, and so on, that are also found in living organisms.

Thus, Living things are composed only of organic elements, whereas nonliving things are made up of inorganic elements - b. False

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