What is the similarity and dissimilarity between “whole moong daal” and “broken moong daal” in terms of respiration and growth ? Based on these parameters classify them into living or nonliving ?
Similarities:
(i) They both can stay for months
(ii) They do not show any growth and some other characteristics of life.
Differences:
(i) Whole moong daal(seed)respire but broken moong daal does not respire.
(ii) On providing suitable conditions whole moong daal turns into a new plant but broken moong daal cannot.
Therefore we can say whole moong dal is living while broken moong dal is non-living.