Characteristics of Living and Non living things

Characteristics
Of

Living things

Living things
need food
to survive.

The boy is
eating.

The lion
eats meat

only.

The rabbit
eats
plants
only.

Plants
make
their own
food.

Non
living
things
don’t need
food.

Living
things
need
water too.

Elephants
drink water

from the
water source

like river.

Caterpillars get
their water from the

leaves they eat.

Plants need
water too.

Non living
things do not
need water.

Living things
need air. We

breath
through our

nose

Fish
breath
through its

gills.

Plants
breath
through

their
stomata.

Non living
things do
not need air
to breath.

Living things grow.

Kitten Cat



Sunflowers move their
flowers to follow the sun.

The mimosa plant
closes its flower

when it is touched.



The Venus flytrap plant
closes its leaves when an

insect crawls into its
leaves.

Non living
things do
not move,
unless you
hold them

Living things
respond to

stimuli.





Bats are
asleep during
daytime, but

awake at
night time.

Owls are like
bats, active
during night

time.



Non living
things do not

respond to
any stimuli.

How would a tortoise respond if you will touch its head?



It’s your turn to
answer the following

questions.

Living thing
Non living thing

Living thing
Non living thing





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