learn about living things and non-living things with their examples characteristics of living things- need food and water, breathe, move, reproduce, shows growth, have lifecycle, respond to stimuli

1. Living and Non-living Things
Rajashri Bhairamadgi

2. Guess.......

3. } Plants and Animals are living things
} Plants and animals need food to grow
} Plants do not move from place
} Most animals move from one place to another

4. Ø Living things
v e.g. Plants, Animals
Ø Non-living things
v e.g. Air, Water, Soil, Rocks, Minerals
Ø Characteristics of Living things
v Need of food, water and air, movement, breath,
Reproduction, Lifecycle, Respond to stimuli, shows
growth etc.

5. All the types of plants
All animals including
human beings
} Plants } Animals

7. 1. Living things need food and water
2. Living things need air to live (breathing)
3. Living things move
4. Living things reproduce
5. Living things shows growth
6. Living things have lifecycle
7. Living things respond to stimuli

8. } Some animals eat plants, plant product (fruits,
vegetables, grains) while other eat other animals or
animal product, while some eat both plants and
animals. Animals need water to live.
} Plants can produce their own food by the process know
as “Photosynthesis”. Plants make their food in leaves,
and can’t live without water

9. } Human being, dogs, snakes, birds breathe
through lungs
} Water animals-skin
} Fishes-gills
} Insects-spiracles
} Plants – stomata

10. } Animals move from place to place in search
of food, water, shelter or to protect
themselves from the enemies e.g. Birds,
fishes, mammals
} Plants do not move from place to place but
they move their body parts e.g. Touch me not
plant, sunflower

11. Living things reproduce young ones

13. } All living things respond to stimuli e.g.
Sunflower moves as sun moves in a day,
smell of sugar attracts ants, human being
respond to hot, cold objects.