🌱 Part 1: Identifying Living Things

1. Circle the items that are living things:

A bird flying in the sky

A rock on the ground

A growing plant

A plastic toy

A fish swimming

A wooden table

2. What do ALL living things need to survive? Choose the BEST answer:

Only sunlight

Food, water, and air

Only shelter

Only water

3. Which characteristic shows that something is alive?

It can move by itself

It grows and changes over time

It responds to its environment

All of the above

🔍 Part 2: Characteristics and Adaptations

4. Complete the sentence: Living things ________ to changes in their environment.

Living things _________________ to changes in their environment.

5. Give an example of how a plant or animal has adapted to survive in its environment:

6. Year 3 students: Name three things that show a pet dog is a living thing.

7. Year 5-6 students: Explain how living things reproduce and why this is important for survival. Give an example.

🎨 Part 3: Draw and Explain

8. Draw one living thing and one non-living thing in the boxes below. Then explain your choices.

Living Thing:

This is living because: _________________________________

_________________________________________________

Non-Living Thing:

This is non-living because: _______________________________

_________________________________________________

9. Extension Challenge: Describe how your living thing from question 8 might respond to a change in temperature (getting very hot or very cold).

Living Things Characteristics

Living Things Characteristics

🌱 Part 1: Identifying Living Things

🔍 Part 2: Characteristics and Adaptations

🎨 Part 3: Draw and Explain

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