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1 Living and
Non-living Things
We see a wide variety of things around KEY CONCEPTS
us like plants and animals, humans, cars,
• Characteristics of living things
roads and buildings. Things such as plants
• Characteristics of non-living things
and animals that have life in them are
• Diff erences between living and non-
called living things. Things such as cars living things
and buildings that do not have life in them
are called non-living things. Therefore, we can categorise things into two broad
groups, i.e., living things and non-living things.
Living and Non-living Things in the Surroundings
living things non-living things
Some examples of living and non-living things
Characteristics of Living Things
Although living things may look diff erent, they all have similar characteristics of
life.
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