Prepared by,
Ms GEETHA SUBRAMANIAM
At the end of this tutorial, you should be able:
1. Differentiate living and non-living things
2. List the different characteristics of living things
The things we see around can be divided into two. Living and
non-living things.
Click each tab to view what living things and non-living things
are.
The things we see around can be divided into two. Living and
non-living things.
Click each tab to view what living things and non-living things
are.
Living things are those which has the characteristics like
growth, reproduction, and so on.
The things we see around can be divided into two. Living and
non-living things.
Click each tab to learn what living things and non-living things are.
Non-living things can be divided into two.
1. The things that were once a part of a living thing. For
example: coal, Paper, and so on
2. The things that were never a part of a living thing. For
example: Stones, gold, and so on.
The characteristics of living things are:
1. Feeding
2. Movement
3. Breathing or Respiration
4. Excretion
5. Growth
6. Sensitivity
7. Reproduction
Click each characteristic to learn more.
The characteristics of living things are:
1. Feeding
All living things need to grow
and to stay healthy.
2. Movement
Therefore, they take substances
3. Breathing or Respiration to gain energy and stay healthy.
4. Excretion
5. Growth
6. Sensitivity
7. Reproduction
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The characteristics of living things are:
1. Feeding
All living things have the ability
move. The movement can be
2. Movement
internal or external.
3. Breathing or Respiration Internal movement is the ability
to move substance from one part
4. Excretion
of the body to another.
5. Growth
External movement refers to the
6. Sensitivity
ability to move the body from
one place to another.
7. Reproduction
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The characteristics of living things are:
1. Feeding
The exchange of gases with the
atmosphere is called respiration.
2. Movement
It is taking oxygen in and
3. Breathing or Respiration breathing out carbon dioxide to
the atmosphere.
4. Excretion
5. Growth
6. Sensitivity
7. Reproduction
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The characteristics of living things are:
1. Feeding
Excretion is the removal of
waste from the body. This
2. Movement
process is important as the
3. Breathing or Respiration wastes are harmful to the
organism.
4. Excretion
5. Growth
6. Sensitivity
7. Reproduction
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The characteristics of living things are:
1. Feeding
Growth means becoming larger
and complicated.
2. Movement
A child becoming an adult, a
3. Breathing or Respiration seedling becoming a tree are
examples of growth.
4. Excretion
5. Growth
6. Sensitivity
7. Reproduction
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The characteristics of living things are:
1. Feeding
Living things react to
touch, light, heat, cold, and
2. Movement
sound.
3. Breathing or Respiration
4. Excretion
5. Growth
6. Sensitivity
7. Reproduction
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The characteristics of living things are:
1. Feeding
Reproduction is the process of
giving birth. A cat gives birth to
2. Movement
kitten, human beings give birth
3. Breathing or Respiration to children etc.
4. Excretion
5. Growth
6. Sensitivity
7. Reproduction
Click each characteristic to learn more.
At the end of this tutorial, you learned to:
1. Differentiate living and non-living things
2. List the different characteristics of living things