Is a Car Considered Alive Based on Its Energy Use?

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Homework Statement



1. A car can move automatically using the energy stored in covalent bonds. Can we say the car is alive? Why?



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I think the keyword in this tutorial disucssion is alive. Being alive means to have the ability to reproduce and have its own metabolism/adapt to its own surroundings etc.This question is kind of open-ended. Hope to have more people sharing their views on my homework question. Thanks in advance.
 
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It does seem to be an open ended question and it looks like your attempt is going in the right direction.I suggest you make a list of all of the main characteristics that living things have and compare and contrast these to the characteristics of the car
 

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