Characteristics of living things
Living things need this to stay alive. It gives energy to move and maintain the body.
Why do living things need food?
A chick grows into this animal.
What is a chicken?
People drink this every day.
What is water?
This animal says "meow."
What is a cat?
You might find both living and non-living things in this place where children play.
What is a playground?
Living things become bigger over time. This is called _____.
What is growth? (growing or grows is also ok)
A seed grows into this.
What is a plant?
Plants need this from the sky to make food.
What is sunlight?
A pencil is this type of thing.
What is a non-living thing?
Name one living thing you might see in a park.
What is a bird/tree/dog/flower/etc.?
When you touch a mimosa plant and its leaves close, it is doing this.
What is responding to a stimulus?
The process of producing offspring is called this.
What is reproduction?
Animals and humans need this gas to breathe.
What is oxygen (air)?
This plant grows in soil and needs water.
What is a tree?
Name one non-living thing you might see in a classroom.
What is a desk/chair/book/pencil/etc.?
Fish use these to breathe underwater.
What are gills?
Which grows faster: a tree or a puppy?
What is a puppy?
Without food, water, and air, living things will eventually do this.
What is die?
A bicycle can move, but it is not alive because it cannot do this on its own.
What is grow (or another characteristic of a living thing)?
A tree and a rock are both outdoors. Which one is living?
What is the tree?
Name four characteristics of living things.
What are any four of: eat, drink water, breathe, move, grow, reproduce, respond to stimuli, get rid of waste?
Why is growth considered evidence that something is alive?
What is because living things increase in size and change over time, while non-living things do not grow on their own?
Name all three basic things every living thing needs according to the unit.
What are food, water, and air?
Name two things that make a dog living but a toy dog non-living.
What are any two of: grows, eats food, drinks water, breathes, reproduces, responds to stimuli, gets rid of waste?
A student finds a butterfly, a bench, a flower, and a ball. Which two are living things?
What are the butterfly and the flower?