Question

If living plants have living cells than why wood from plants is non living?

Answer 1

Wood is not alive in the same way that a chicken bone is not alive after the chicken is dead. Plant cells have tough cell walls that allow them to stand up. Certain plants, like bushes and trees, also make wood so they are even stronger. When someone cuts the tree down, the cells don't have a way to deliver sugar and oxygen to the cells anymore. The cells die, but the wood they made doesn't disappear. Bones also have cells in them, but when the cells die, the bone is still around.