Living Things vs Nonliving Things (Life Science)

Key Vocabulary

1. living things

   living things need water, air, and food to live. Animals and plants are living things.

2. nonliving things

   Nonliving things do not need water, air, and food. Rocks and water are nonliving things.

3. environment

   An environment is the place where a living thing lives.

4. survive

   Survive means to continue living. A living thing needs water, air, and food to survive.

5. grow

   Grow means to get bigger. If you have food and water, you will grow. cycle of life.

6. rock

   A rock is a small and hard nonliving thing.

7. nature

   Nature is the world of living and nonliving things.

8. safe

   If something is safe, there is no danger.

9. alive

   Being alive means living not dead.

Exercise

Match each word with its definition:

1. things that do not need water, air, or food. (nonliving things)
2. a small and hard nonliving thing. (rock)
3. to continue living. (survive)
4. to get bigger. (grow)
5. the place where a living thing lives. (environment)
6. things that need water, air, and food to live. (living things)

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True of False

Reading passage/section

Nature has many living and nonliving things in it. Living things ned food and water to survive. Food and water help living things to grow and change.

Mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, amphibians, and fish are living things. People are living things too.

The place where a living thing lives is called its environment. A living thing must be safe in its environment. All living things are alive.

Nonliving things are not alive. Nonliving things do not need food or water, and do not grow. Rocks and water are nonliving things.

Reading skill

Compare and Contrast

Living Things:

1. All living things are (alive).

2. They need (food and water) to survive.

3. They (grow) and change.

Nonliving Things:

1. Nonliving things are not (alive).

2. They don’t need (food or water) to survive.

3. They do not (grow) and change.

Comprehension

1. Nonliving things are not (alive). adjective
2. What helps people to grow and survive? (water and food)
3. Living things grow, but (nonliving things do not).
4. What does nature have in it? (nonliving and living things)

source

From American Textbook Reading Science 02 Grade 2 37:23