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Is fire living or nonliving?

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People answered this in a very weird and false way. So I will answer it.
No, fire is not a living thing, but it does have characteristics of living things.
It breathes: When given oxygen it grows and out comes carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
It reproduces: When anything flammable is near fire, said thing also catches fire creating a new source.
It dies: When put covered in water, it goes away.
It moves: Fire literally moves and shakes.
It reacts: Fire changes depending on what is used to start the fire, the weather, and the conditions surrounding the fire.
It grows: Fire will get bigger the more you feed it, in this case putting wood or twigs on a fire will make it bigger and grow.
So what makes it not living? Well it doesn’t have any cells. To classify something as living it has to have at least one cell. Fire has none. Therefore, fire is NOT a living thing.

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