It depends for plants. I think the plants themselves are animate but the parts of them are inanimate. Like a branch or flower is…

It depends for plants. I think the plants themselves are animate but the parts of them are inanimate. Like a branch or flower is inanimate but the whole tree is animate. Idk about germs. Robots are animate (as are cars).

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