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Living Things Around Us Multiple choice. Circle A, B, C or D.
1. What do all living things need? a. sunlight b. wind
c. air, food and water d. people
2. Which is not a living thing? a. air b. plant c. animal d. child 3. A is a living thing. a. table b. teddy bear c. kitten d. star 4. Plants need to make food. a. soil b. light c. animals d. people 1 ngscience.com
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5. Which plant part takes in water for the plant? a. roots b. flowers c. stem d. leaves
6. Which plant part makes food for the plant? a. roots b. flowers c. stem d. leaves 7. A
gets the air it needs from water. a. bear b. fish c. bird d. lizard 8.
get the food they need by eating plants or other animals. a. plants b. animals c. living things d. mushrooms
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9. Which best describes how a cheetah moves? a. runs b. slides c. crawls d. swims
10. Which best describes how a shark moves? a. runs b. slides c. crawls d. swims
11. Animals and people drink the they need. a. air b. sunlight c. water d. food 12. All living things . a. move from place to place b. reproduce c. need sunlight d. eat the food they need 3 ngscience.com
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13. Non-living things do not need . a. food b. air c. water d. All of the above. Checkpoint: /13
Science vocabulary check.
Use the words below to complete the sentences. reproduce grow living non-living animals seeds water move lungs 1.
things are things that are alive. 2. Plants and are living things. 3. things are not alive.
4. All living things need food, air and .
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Short answer questions (3 points per question).
1. How can you tell if something is a living thing? 2. List three living things.
3. List three non-living things.
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4. How do plants get the food they need?
5. How do animals get the food they need?
6. What will happen if a living thing does not get the things it needs to survive? 7 ngscience.com
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7. All living things reproduce. What does this mean? Checkpoint: /21 Unit total: /43 Grade: Teacher's notes:
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1. What do all living things need? a. sunlight b. wind
c. air, food and water d. people
2. Which is not a living thing? a. air b. plant c. animal d. child 3. A is a living thing. a. table b. teddy bear c. kitten d. star 4. Plants need to make food. a. soil b. light c. animals d. people 1 ngscience.com
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5. Which plant part takes in water for the plant? a. roots b. flowers c. stem d. leaves
6. Which plant part makes food for the plant? a. roots b. flowers c. stem d. leaves 7. A
gets the air it needs from water. a. bear b. fish c. bird d. lizard 8.
get the food they need by eating plants or other animals. a. plants b. animals c. living things d. mushrooms
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9. Which best describes how a cheetah moves? a. runs b. slides c. crawls d. swims
10. Which best describes how a shark moves? a. runs b. slides c. crawls d. swims
11. Animals and people drink the they need. a. air b. sunlight c. water d. food 12. All living things . a. move from place to place b. reproduce c. need sunlight d. eat the food they need 3 ngscience.com
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13. Non-living things do not need . a. food b. air c. water d. All of the above. Checkpoint: /13
Science vocabulary check.
Use the words below to complete the sentences. reproduce grow living non-living animals seeds water move lungs 1. Living
things are things that are alive. 2. Plants and animals are living things. 3. Non-living things are not alive.
4. All living things need food, air and water .
Copyright © 2023 Blue Ring Education ngscience.com 4 5. As living things grow , they get taller and heavier. 6. Most animals move from place to place in search of food. 7. When living things reproduce , they have young of the same kind. 8. Many animals on land use lungs to take in the air they need. 9. Many plants produce seeds from which new plants will grow. Checkpoint: /9 5 ngscience.com
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Short answer questions (3 points per question).
1. How can you tell if something is a living thing?
Living things need food, air and water. They
reproduce and grow. They move and respond
to changes around them. 2. List three living things.
Accept a range of reasonable answers.
e.g. plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms
3. List three non-living things.
Accept a range of reasonable answers.
e.g. household and classroom objects, toys, air, water, sunlight etc.
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4. How do plants get the food they need?
Plants get the food they need by using the
energy in sunlight to convert air and water into
food. A process cal ed photosynthesis.
5. How do animals get the food they need?
Animals get the food they need by eating
plants and other animals.
6. What will happen if a living thing does not get the things it needs to survive? It will die. 7 ngscience.com
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7. All living things reproduce. What does this mean?
To reproduce means to make new young of the same kind. Checkpoint: /21 Unit total: /43 Grade: Teacher's notes:
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