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Sorting Living Things
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Sorting Living Things
Read each question carefully. For the sorting activity, put every item into one group. Use the drawing boxes to show an example of each group.
Living, Once-Living and Non-Living
1.Which one is alive now?
- A pebble
- A magpie
- A lunchbox
- A wooden spoon
2.Choose all the things that living things can do.
- Grow
- Make more of their own kind
- Need energy
- Never change
3.A feather has fallen from a bird. Which statement best describes the feather?
- It is living now
- It was once part of a living thing
- It was never living
- It is a living animal
4.Complete each sentence using living, once-living or non-living.
A. A gum tree seedling is ______ because it is growing.
B. A paper bag is ______ because it was made from a plant.
C. A ceramic mug is ______ because it was never alive.
Sort and Explain
5.Sort these items into the three groups: lizard, wool jumper, sandstone, mushroom, cardboard box, bicycle, grass, dead twig, and glass jar.
Living
Once-living
Non-living
6.Choose one item from each group in the sorting activity. Write each item and give a reason for its group.
7.How can sorting things into living, once-living and non-living groups help us care for our surroundings?
Draw one example in each box. Label your drawings.
Living
Once-living
Non-living
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