Living things grow and develop, using energy and raw materials they obtain from the _______.

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matt101 · Answer

Environment? It's a bit of a general statement and I would need more context to give a better answer...

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, that is a rather general statment.  What is it in the context of? 
Far as I can tell from what you are asking I beleive it would be the sun for autotrouphs (organisms that get energy independently of other living things) and food for heterotrophs (organisms that get energy from other living things)