LIVING AND NON LIVING THINGS YEAR 6

Many animals in an ecosystem depend on other animals for —

• shelter

• water and air

• energy

• support

Plants are interacting directly with another living thing of their environment when they are–

• attracting insects.

• absorbing sunlight.

• soaking up water.

• taking in carbon dioxide.

Frogs in a pond interact with both living and nonliving things in their ecosystem. Frogs interact with nonliving components(or things) when they–

• eat swimming insects for energy.

• lay their eggs in bodies of water.

• become food for another animal.

• hide beneath plants in the pond.

All of the following are examples of living things interacting with each other EXCEPT —

• birds preying on insects living in the grass

• squirrels spreading the seeds of trees by burying them

• fish eating plants and other smaller fish

• frogs sleeping in the mud at the bottom of the pond

Plants interact with living and nonliving things in their environment. Which is an interaction with a nonliving thing?

• Small insects eating the stems of plants

• Humans breathing oxygen released by plants

• Sandy soil holding the roots of plants

• Bees gathering pollen from flowers of plants

Is fire living, nonliving? 

• Nonliving
• Alive
• None of the above

Is a mushroom growing from the ground living, or nonliving? 

• Living
• Nonliving
• None of the above

Is lightning living or nonliving? 

• Living
• Nonliving
• None of the above

The teacher and students...

• Living things

• Non living things

The robot is....

• Living things

• Non living things