Living or Nonliving Read each slide. Look at each picture. Answer each question

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Living or

NonlivingRead each slide.

Look at each picture.

Answer each question.

Some things are not alive.

They never were alive and

will never be alive.

These things are called

NONLIVING.

Nonliving things do not eat.

Nonliving things do not breathe.

Nonliving things do not move.

Nonliving things do not grow.

Look at this picture. What is living?What is nonliving?

If living things are to survive they need:

waterfoodair

spaceand

shelter.

Big animals need more water, food, air, space and shelter than…

small animals.

THINK!

A tiger is in a cage at the zoo.

The tiger is fed fresh meat each day.

There is a cave for the tiger to get out of the sun or rain.

What is missing?

These seedlings want to grow.Their roots get nutrients from the

soil and energy from the sun.The rain splashes upon the ground.

Think about

what plants

need to

grow.

What are the

seedlings missing?

Did you guess that the tiger needed fresh water each day?

The seedlings need space to grow.

Plants and animals want to live.

They need food.

They need clean water.

They need clean air to breathe.

They need space to grow.

They need shelter.

But sometimes human activities

affect plants and animals.

Waste dumps hurt us all.

Plants and animals

can not live in filth,

and neither can we.

Animals can’t drink this water.

Animals can’t breathe this air.

All

living

things

need

water.

All living things need

food.

All living

things

need

clean

air to

breathe.

All

living

things

need

space

to grow.

And all

living

things

need

shelter.

Without water, food, air, space or shelter living things die.

LIVING

NONLIVING

Living or Nonliving

Can you tell the difference?

Identify each living thing in this picture.

QUIZ

1. What 4 things do all living things need? _________________________________

2. How does the size of an animal effect its needs? __________________________

3. Name one way humans affect the living things around them. ________________

4. Name something in your classroom that is nonliving. ________________________

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