Based on the five criteria of life, and based on the movies, the transformers can't be catagorized as living. For something to be categorized as living it must:
1. Need food
2. Need water
3. Need oxygen
4. Need living space
5. Range of survivable temperatures
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http://www.mtlakes.org/staff/~wallace/lifescience/documents/needsliferev.08.pdf
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The transformers, based on the movies I've seen only give evidence to 4 and 5.
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Fire fills the criteria of all but one, number 2, meaning it can't be categorized as living.
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Transformers would most likely need car insurance because they aren't, by our standards, categorized as living beings.
1. Need food
2. Need water
3. Need oxygen
4. Need living space
5. Range of survivable temperatures
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http://www.mtlakes.org/staff/~wallace/lifescience/documents/needsliferev.08.pdf
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The transformers, based on the movies I've seen only give evidence to 4 and 5.
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Fire fills the criteria of all but one, number 2, meaning it can't be categorized as living.
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Transformers would most likely need car insurance because they aren't, by our standards, categorized as living beings.