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LIVING AND NON LIVING

Living and non living things

Living: a plant, animal, or other organism that can move, reproduce, grow, and respond to its environment. Living things also need air and food and water to survive.

Non-living: something that cannot move, reproduce, or grow and is inanimate. nourishing: food or other substances necessary for life or growth.

DEAD THINGS

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Dead means that it was once living unlike a non-living item. Things which once formed a part of some living plant or animal, but now show no trace of life are called dead things. Examples: Dry wood, piece of dry bone, leather, coal, wooden chair, paper etc.

LETS BE A PALEONTOLOGIST

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A paleontologist is a scientist who studies the fossilized remains of all kinds of organisms (plants, animals, fungi, bacteria and other single-celled living things), and is interested in knowing the history of organic life on earth.

This means that a fossil is 'dead' as once it was a living creature.

COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS

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Living things need food to grow and change

Living things respire (breath)

Living things move on their own

Living things reproduce

Living things respond to the environment

Living things feel

COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF NON-LIVING THINGS

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Non-living things do no need food

Non-living things do not respire

Non-living things cannot move on their own

Non-living things cannot reproduce

Non-living things cannot feel

NATURAL AND MAN MADE NON LIVING

Non Living Things Chart

Natural non-living thing are ,Examples: Sun, moon, stars, sky, clouds, rocks, mountains and many more. Man-made non-living things: They are made by man. Examples: Toys, chairs, tables, beds, houses, buildings, trains and many more.

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