Thursday, December 1, 2011

Living Things vs. Non-living Things

Living Things


Characteristics of living things. 
- need water, food and air to survive 
- grow, respond and reproduce

**Recognise some broad groups of living things. 
  • plants (e.g. flowering, non-flowering)
  • animals (e.g. birds, fish, insects, mammals)
  • fungi (e.g. mushroom, yeast)
  • bacteria


Non-living Things

Non-Living things are things that are not alive. That have no life at all. Things that are not made up of cells or nerves and do not grow. Examples are rocks, shoes and lotion.