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Living Things Characteristics Worksheet
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Living Things Characteristics Worksheet
🌱 Part 1: Identifying Living Things
1. Circle all the things that are living:
A kangaroo hopping in the bush
A rock on the ground
A eucalyptus tree growing
A mushroom in the forest
Water in a creek
A kookaburra singing
2. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of all living things?
Growth
Reproduction
Being green in colour
Response to stimuli
3. All living things need energy. How do plants get their energy?
By eating other plants
By making food using sunlight
By drinking water only
By breathing air
🐨 Part 2: Basic Needs of Living Things
4. List the FIVE basic needs that all living things require to survive:
a) _________________
b) _________________
c) _________________
d) _________________
e) _________________
5. Explain how a wombat meets TWO of its basic survival needs:
6. Why do you think different living things have different ways of meeting their needs? Give an example.
🔍 Part 3: Scientific Inquiry
7. Write an investigable question about living things that you could test or explore. Start with "What happens if..." or "How do..."
8. Choose ONE characteristic of living things and describe how you could observe it in a plant or animal near your school:
Characteristic chosen: _______________
9. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have studied living things for thousands of years. How do you think their knowledge could help scientists today understand how living things survive?
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