Read each scenario about a boy named Sammy. At the end of each scenario indicate wether Sammy would be considered living thing or non living thing Scenario 1
Sammy was a normal , healthy boy. There was nothing in his life to indicate that he was in any way different from anyone else. When he completed high school he obtained a job in a factory where he operated a large machine press. One day his hand got caught in the press and was cut off. It was replaced with an artificial hand that looked and operated almost like a real hand.
1a. At this point in time would Sammy be considered a living or non living thing
1b. Justify your answer using evidence and reasoning

the answer is b. glad to .

a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!