Understand what makes something 'alive' by exploring the key characteristics shared by all living things.
Living things share key characteristics: they grow, reproduce, respond to their surroundings, need food and energy, and eventually die.
Name one characteristic shared by all living things.
Growth (or reproduction, or response to stimuli)
Why is 'movement' alone not enough to define something as living?
Some non-living things can appear to move (like a falling leaf blown by wind), so movement alone isn't a reliable sign of life — a full set of characteristics must be present
Living things carry out life processes like breathing, growing, and reproducing, while non-living things do not.
Is a rock living or non-living? Why?
Non-living, because it doesn't grow, reproduce, or carry out any life processes
Is a growing plant living or non-living? Why?
Living, because it grows, needs food (through photosynthesis), and eventually reproduces
1. Name two characteristics of living things.
2. Is a car living or non-living?
3. Why do living things need food?
4. Name one way living things respond to their surroundings.
5. Do all living things reproduce in the same way?
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