PL AR RSO P3L2 Living Things II WS_1

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Name LIVING THINGS II (LESSON 2) _
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Topic LIVING THINGS II (LESSON 2)

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LESSON OUTLINE
• Notes
• Activity 1: Recalling Concepts
• Activity 2: Open-ended Questions
• Activity 3: Science in Our Daily Life

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LIVING THINGS – NOTES

Everything we see around us can be classified into two groups: living and non-
living things.

Living Things Non-living Things

• Need air, food and water in order • Non-living things do not respond to

to stay alive. changes around them.

• Air: Oxygen to breathe. • Example: Balloons can increase in
size, but they do not grow as they
• If they do not have enough of need a person to fill them with air.
these, they will die.

• Living things reproduce to • Example: Computers and robots
ensure their species continue to operate on electricity and are
exist. programmed to respond to
instructions.

• Living things respond to changes
around them.

• Example: Birds fly away when
they hear a loud noise.

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LIVING THINGS – NOTES

Everything we see around us can be classified into two groups: living and non-
living things.

Living Things Non-living Things

• Living things can grow. They can • Non-Living things cannot grow.
increase in size and shape or
change in appearance. • Non-living things do not need food,
air or water to stay alive as they are
• Example: Chicks grow into not alive.
chickens.
• Non-living things do no reproduce.
• Non-living things do not respond to

changes around them.

• Some may be able to move or
change in shape or size, but they
cannot do it on their own.

• Example: Cars can move but they
need to be driven by people.

• Example: Caterpillars grow into 1 2
butterflies.

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AR Model – Butterfly

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LIVING THINGS – NOTES
Classifying Living Things
Things

Living Things Non-Living
Things

Animals Plants Fungi Bacteria

Type Description Examples
Animals Dog, Chicken, Fish,
Plant Feed on other living things Snake, Crab
Banana tree, Algae, Rose,
Fungi Make their own food, grow, Moss
reproduce, can move but cannot
Bacteria move from place to place Mushroom, mould

Feed on other living things, Lactobacillus, E.coli
cannot move from place to
place, reproduce

Feed on other living things, very
small, can only be seen with a
microscope

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Section 1 – Concept Recall and n things.
Fill in the blanks below.

1. We can classify things into l

2. All living things are able to:
G
R to changes in their environments.
R

3. Some living things are able to m .

4. In order to stay alive, all living things require
A
W

F

5. Living things which can produce their own food are known as p .

6. Some main groups of living things are
P
A
F
B

7. We can show how things are classified in t or d .

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Section 2 – Open-ended Questions
1. Study the classification chart below.

Living Things

Feeds on other living things Can make their own food

Lives in water Lives on land Lives in water Lives on land

Shark Mouse Lotus Banana Tree
Goldfish Elephant Water hyacinth Bird’s Nest Fern

A B A B

(a) State two characteristics of the elephant. [2]

(b) State a similarity in the characteristics between the shark and the [2]
water hyacinth.

Similarity:

Difference:

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2. The table below shows the characteristics of three things: A, B, and
C. A tick shows the characteristics which they have.

Thing Needs air Can Can make its Can move
reproduce own food from place to
A
B✔ ✔ place
C✔ ✔
✔

✔

✔

Write A, B and C in the boxes below that represent the things [3]
above.

Things Letter

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3. Look at this group of living and non-living things.

Orchid Car Banana Tree

Moon Paper Mushroom
Penguin Otter Robot

Place the LIVING THINGS in the correct sections of the diagram [5]
below.

Living Things

Can move from Can make Fungi
place to place own food

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4. Jacky hangs a bunch of bananas in his kitchen. After a few hours,
he returns to see some fruit flies have landed on the bananas and
are eating them.

(a) What characteristic of living things does this show? [1]

(a) Jacky waves his hands and the fruit flies fly away. Besides your [1]
answer in (a), what other characteristic of living things does this show?

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Activity 3 – Science in Our Daily Lives
Look at the pictures below. Which picture does NOT show a living thing?
Explain your answer.

Coral Fish Skeleton

Algae Bread Mould
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Activity 3 – Science in Our Daily Lives: Bread Mould

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ro8sPOgCBg
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. What kind of living thing is mould?
2. Why does food get mouldy once you leave it out?
3. Why is not safe to eat mouldy bread?
4. How can you prevent mould from growing on food

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