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TIME TO REVISE

Classify the things given alongside as living and non-living.
Paper Plants
Living Things Non-living Things
Football Tiger

Butterfl y

Blackboard
Octopus

School bag
Chair Rope

Cat

TERMS TO KNOW

1. Living things: Things that have life in them

2. Non-living things: Things that do not have life in them
3. Stomata: Very small openings that are present on the under surface of a leaf

4. Lifespan: A period of time for which a living thing lives
5. Reproduce: Ability to produce living beings of its own kind

6. Excrete: Ability to give out waste products from the body

QUICK LOOK

1. Things around us can be categorised into two broad groups—living things and
non-living things.
2. Living things such as plants, animals and humans have similar characteristics of
life.

3. Living things eat, breathe, move, grow, reproduce, feel and excrete. They also have
a lifespan.
4. Non-living things are diff erent from living things. They do not eat, breathe, move,
grow, reproduce, feel and excrete.

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