Understanding Living and Non-Living Things

Mrs. Graham embarks on a journey to understand the characteristics of living things. She explores various aspects such as movement, breathing, senses, growth, reproduction, waste production, and nutrition. Through her observations, she learns that living things exhibit all these characteristics, unlike non-living things. The story concludes with a reflection on the importance of understanding these traits to differentiate between living and non-living entities.

What inspired Mrs. Graham to explore her surroundings?

• A documentary she saw

• A conversation with a friend

• A TV program she watched

• A book she read

Why did Mrs. Graham think the skateboard was living?

• It could sense

• It could move

• It could breathe

• It could grow

What characteristic did Mrs. Graham associate with the fire?

• Movement

• Breathing

• Sensing

• Growth

What did Mrs. Graham observe in the toy shop that led her to think the objects were living?

• They could breathe

• They could grow

• They could move

• They could sense

Why did Mrs. Graham think the balloons were living?

• They could grow

• They could move

• They could breathe

• They could sense

What did Mrs. Graham mistakenly believe about the truck at the dump?

• It could move

• It could breathe

• It could sense

• It could produce waste

What did Mrs. Graham think about the car at the petrol station?

• It could move

• It could sense

• It needed food

• It could grow

What did Chris explain to Mrs. Graham about living things?

• They only need to grow

• They must exhibit all characteristics

• They only need to breathe

• They only need to move

What is a key characteristic of living things that Mrs. Graham misunderstood?

• They can move

• They must do all these things

• They can breathe

• They can grow

What lesson did Mrs. Graham learn from Chris?

• Non-living things can do all the characteristics

• Non-living things can do one of the characteristics

• Living things can do all the characteristics

• Living things can do one of the characteristics