Chapter Checkpoint: Living and Non-Living Things

The number of fish in the pond has increased. Which one of the following best explains this increase?

• Living things grow old and die.

• Living things need food and water.

• Living things reproduce.

• Living things respond to changes around them.

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Dru carried out an experiment with some green beans under different conditions. The diagrams illustrate his observations after four days.

What does this experiment show?

• The beans are non-living things.

• The beans need water to grow.

• The beans only grow in soil.

• The beans can grow without water.

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Emma saw some plants and touched the leaves of the plant.  When he touched the leaves of the plant, the leaves closed up as shown in the pictures below. Which characteristic of living things did the above plant show?

• Living things grow

• Living things respond to changes around them.

• Living things need air, food and water to survive.

• Living things reproduce.

Ethan kept a cockroach in an empty container. After a few days, he observed that the cockroach had died. Which characteristic of living things does this show?

• Living things grow.

• Living things reproduce.

• Living things respond to changes around them.

• Living things need air, food and water to survive.

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Living things are things that are ____________.

• alive

• not alive

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The plant becomes taller after a few weeks. This shows that living things can __________________

• move

• grow

• respond to changes around them

• reproduce

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A hen lays eggs that hatch into chicks. This shows that living things _________________.

• move

• respond to changes around them

• grow

• reproduce

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Plants are non-living things because they do not move from place to place.

• True

• False

We may classify non-living things according to these characteristics EXCEPT

• shape

• colour

• how they reproduce

• size

The plant bends towards the sun. This shows that living things __________________

• need air, food and water.

• grow

• respond to changes around them

• reproduce

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