What Are The Characteristics Of A Living Thing. Look at Figure 1. Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that have biological processes such as signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not either because such functions have ceased they have died or because they never had such functions and are classified as inanimateVarious forms of life exist such as plants animals fungi protists archaea and bacteria.
On the other hand a car or a bus can move yet we consider them as non-living. The six kingdoms are Eubacteria Archae Protista Fungi Plantae and Animalia. Living beings obtain and use energy.
At its most fundamental level a living thing is composed of one or more cells.
Living things respond to their environment. Heard my friends characteristic laugh. These units generally too small to be seen with the naked eye are organized into tissues. Movement All living things move in some way.