Living and Non-living Things: Definition and Characteristics
Introduction:
There are lots of different things around us. Just look around your room now, and you will see lots of things, for example, a book, maybe a pencil or something else.
Can you identify and name the things given in the picture below?
You may find a plant, dog, boy, girl, tv, lamps, books, and furniture.
All these things around us are mainly divided into two groups.
- Living things
- Non-living things
Living Things
The things which can breathe, grow, feel, move, and reproduce are called living things.
Examples – Plants, animals, and human beings.
Characteristics of Living Things
Living Things Grow:
Human beings grow from a baby to an adult.
Animals grow from a baby to adult animals.
A young plant grows into an adult plant. The below image shows how a seed grows into an adult tree.
Humans breathe through their noses.
Living Things Breath:
Most animals breathe through their nose.
Plants breathe through tiny pores on their leaves called stomata.
Living Things Eat Food to Live:
Humans require food to survive.
Animals depend on plants or other animals for food.
Plants make their own food with the help of sunlight and water.
Living Things Reproduce:
Human beings give birth to babies.
Some animals give birth to babies. Other animals lay eggs.
Some plants reproduce through their seeds. Many plants have seeds, and these seeds grow into new plants.
Living Things Can Feel:
We feel pain when we get hurt.
Animals move or react when they are touched.
Some plants can also feel touch. When you touch the leaves of a mimosa plant, they close instantly.
Living Things Move:
Human beings move around.
Animals move from place to place.
A sunflower always turns towards the sun, which shows movement.
Non-living Things
Things that do not breathe, grow, feel, move, and reproduce are called non-living things.
Non-living things are divided into two types:
- Natural things
- Man-made things
Natural things
Things that are made by nature are called natural things. These things naturally exist in the world.
All living things are natural things.
Man-made Things
Things that man makes for their use and convenience are called man-made things. These things are also called artificial things.
These things are made from natural things.
Classify the following things into natural and man-made things.
Earth, sand, house, soil, buildings, chairs, sunlight, computer, table, waterfalls, clothes, air, paper, and rocks.
Natural and man-made things are given in the below table.
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