Living and Non-Living

There are SEVEN things a living thing needs to do and they are:

• Grow, Laugh and Play

• Reproduce, Move, React/Respond, Take in nutrients for energy, Grow, Excrete and Respire

• Food, water, sunlight, school, clouds, talking and babies

• Respond, move, nutrients, grow and excrete

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Reproduce means..

• To make more of itself

• To grow bigger

• To take in energy

• To breathe

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Respire means..

• To grow

• To move around

• To have offspring

• To breathe or take in and release different gases

Movement means..

• To grow bigger

• To move by itself

• To make more of itself

• To move with help from something else

An example of reacting/responding to an environment is..

• Running away from a fire

• Eating something

• Growing a new branch if it was broken off

• Laughing at a joke

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Growth means..

• To breathe

• To get smaller

• To get bigger

• To move around

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Excrete means to..

• Breathe in air

• Examine something

• Get rid of waste / things you don't need

• Grow bigger and bigger

Take in energy from nutrients means..

• Getting nutrients from somewhere and turning it into energy to live

• Growing bigger

• Running from something dangerous

• Moving quickly

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Select the LIVING thing

• Plants

• Water

• Mountains

• Robots

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Select the NON-LIVING thing

• Humans

• Animals

• Grass

• Chocolate bar