Alive, dead and never alive | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Which of these is not a living thing?
- a fox
- a bicycle ✓
- a poppy plant
Which of these is a living thing?
- a rose plant ✓
- a watering can
- a lawnmower
True or false? Everything that moves is a living thing.
- 'false' ✓
Everything in the world can be grouped into living and non-living. This is called ...
- classification. ✓
- alive.
- research.
Living things are alive. What do they need to stay alive?
- water, food and air ✓
- water, food and a house
- water, fire and air
All of these things can move. Which of them are not living things?
- a cress plant
- a human
- a ball ✓
- an escalator ✓

A living thing is ...
- alive. ✓
- dead.
- non-living.
A rabbit is a living thing. What does it need to stay alive?
- grass, toys and friends
- a hutch, water and food
- food, water and air ✓
These bones are from an animal that is no longer alive. How would we describe this animal?
- This animal is dead. ✓
- This animal is a living thing.
- This animal is a non-living thing.
Which of these is a non-living thing?
- a toy elephant ✓
- a giraffe
- an iris
- leaves on the ground
When scientists group things, they ...
- read books.
- put similar things together. ✓
- name things.
Lucas has been grouping things that are alive and things that have never been alive. Which things has he put in the wrong place?
- the olive tree and the plasticine
- the teddy and the dandelion ✓
- the olive tree and the watering can

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A living thing is something that is currently alive and needs food, air and water to stay alive.
Something that is dead was once living but is no longer alive.
A non-living thing is something that has never been alive.
Things can be compared and grouped into alive, dead and never alive.

A non-living thing is something that is dead.

Examples demonstrating that non-living things have never been alive.

Alive - Living things are alive. They move, respire, sense, grow, reproduce, excrete waste material and need nutrients.
Dead - Something that is dead was once living and now is no longer alive.
Never alive - Something that has never been alive cannot be called alive or dead.
Compare - We compare things by looking at what is the same and what is different.
Group - To group things is to put similar things together