What Are Living & Nonliving Things?

What Are Living & Nonliving Things? — page 1 — S ALL AROUND Us Imagine walking down a busy street You might see On many living things such as people dogs plants insects Od and birds You might also see nonliving things such as X the sidewalk buildings and maybe puddles of water Unlike nonliving things living things need food and OX water to live ar DAX People are living things ANN

What Are Living & Nonliving Things? — page 2 — Sometimes it can be difficult to tell the difference between THINK ABOUT IT Make a list of the living and nonliving things For example living things living and nonliving things in your home can move but so can some or school Can you nonliving things such as find any nonliving cars and waves Rocks are things made from not alive but some rocks living things called crystals grow like living plants How do we know if something is alive or not The world around us is full of living and nonliving

What Are Living & Nonliving Things? — page 3 — LIVING THINGS We eat to survive Eating food is a life process be LAWS A little worm a massive X In whale the mightiest tree O and a tiny buttercup flower all look completely different We can tell they are living OX things because they all carry KX out seven life processes A These are special abilities that allow living things to A survive All living things are able to carry out all KC of these life processes Life processes are activities that living things must do to

What Are Living & Nonliving Things? — page 4 — This unusual desert plant looks like rock but we know it is alive because it carries out all of the seven life processes You can remember the life processes by taking the first BC letter of each word to make the name Mrs Nergº Movement the act of moving Reproduction the process of producing new living things Sensitivity the ability to respond to physical information PO Nutrition the result of taking in and making use of food LCCC Excretion the process of getting rid of waste Respiration a chemical reaction that produces energy Growth the process of getting bigger

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