Topics Included: 1 Living things Around Us 2 Characteristics of living things 3 Food 4 Growth 5 Movement 6 Response to Stimuli 7 Respiration 8 Breathing 9 Excretion 10 Reproduction

1. Living and Non-living
Class 6 Science

2. What are living things?
Organisms which possess life, are called living things.
They can move, grow, respire, reproduce and have
definite lifespan

3. What are non-living things?
Things which do not possess life,
are called non-living things.

4. How can you say that a
thing has life?

5. Living things are made up of cells
Living thing under microscope Non-living thing under microscope

6. Living things grow
Plant and animals grow Non-living things don’t grow

7. Living things have a definite lifespan
After completing their lifespan, living things eventually die.

8. Living things reproduce
All living organisms reproduce their own kind.

9. Modes of reproduction
Bacteria splits into halves
each becoming individual
organism.
Chickens lay eggs .
Mammals like cows and
goat give birth to their
young ones.
Asexual Reproduction Sexual Reproduction

10. Living things respond to stimulus
After accidently touching hot object, you withdraw your hand.

11. Living things respond to stimulus
Leaves of Mimosa plant show stimulus after being touched.

12. Living things need food
Plants make their own food
using photosynthesis.
Animals obtain their food from either
plants or other animals.

13. Living things respire
Plants take in Oxygen and releaseCarbon Dioxide during respiration.
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide

14. Living things respire
Humans and animals also take in Oxygen and releaseCarbon Dioxide
during respiration.
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide

15. Living things excrete
Salt crystals on the leaf surface
of the Black Mangrove
Animals and humans excrete the waste in the form of
urine, sweat and undigested food.

16. A car moves, its engine takes in air and
excretes waste products.
Is it a living organism?

17. A book is made up of plant cells.
Is it a living organism?

18. ThankYou