Characteristics of Living Things

1. Features of Living Things
1.Living Things can breathe.

2. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things can breathe.
Humans
NOSE

3. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things can breathe.
Fish
Gills

4. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things can breathe.
Caterpillar
Spiracles

6. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things can breathe.
Plants
(through the leaves)
Stomata

7. Features of Living Things
2. Living Things can move.

8. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things Move.
Humans
Legs

9. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things Move.
Birds
Wings

10. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things Move.
Fish
Fins

11. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things Move.
Plants
They are fixed to the
Soil, but they move
towards sunlight.

12. Some plants can move to trap insects
Example sundew plant

15. Features of Living Things
3. Living Things can grow.

16. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things Grow.
Humans

17. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things Grow.
Dogs

18. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things Grow.
Hens
Chick Hen

19. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things Grow.
Plants
Seed Seedling Plant

20. • Living things live upto a
certain age called lifespan.

21. Life span of a Human being

22. LIFESPAN OF A HUMAN
HOW LONG DOES A
HUMAN BEING LIVE?

23. Lifespan of animals
• The lifespan of a dog is 10 to
12 years
• A butterfly lives upto 20 to
30 days
• Lifespan of a tiger is 10 to
15 year
• Tortoise live from 100 to 200
year

24. Lifespan of a tree
40 years to 1000 years.

25. Features of Living Things
4. Living things need food.

27. Living and Non Living things
• Living Things need food.
Animals (Man) Plants

28. Features of Living Things
5. Living Things can feel changes
around them.
INSECTS -
ANTENNAE
FALCON/HAWKS -
GOOD EYESIGHT
CATS - WHISKERS

29. Features of Living Things
6. Living things can reproduce
LIVING THINGS
ANIMALS PLANTS
ROOTS,
STEM,
LEAVES
SEEDS
BABIES
EGGS -
HATCHLINGS

30. Features of Living Things
7. Living things can remove out
waste from their body.
ANIMALS - CARBON DIOXIDE,
SWEAT, URINE
PLANTS - GUMS, RESINS,
OXYGEN

31. Q2. List four differences between living and non living
things.
Living Non living
1) Living things can
grow .
1) Non living things
cannot grow.
2) Living things
reproduce.
2) Non living cannot
reproduce.
3) Living things
breathe.
3) Non living things
cannot breathe.
4) They need food. 4) They do not need
food.

32. Q2. Define the following terms.
a. Lifespan -
b. Reproduction
c. Hatchlings

33. Q3 .Write a paragraph on the topic “ Living things
feel changes around them,while non living things do
not”.