Living and Nonliving Things

Living things are all around us!

Nonliving things are too!

Do you know the difference

between living and nonliving

things?

Look at these things:

These things are nonliving.

Nonliving things are man-made.

What does

that mean?

Nonliving

things are

made by

PEOPLE.

•Toys, shoes, and pencils are made in factories.•Books are written by authors.•Food is cooked by chefs.•Houses, buildings, and roads are built by construction workers.•Clothes are sewn by seamstresses.•Rocks, clouds, and stars are created by nature.

Look at these things:

These are living things.

You are a living thing too!

Living things grow.

How have

you grown?

Living things use energy!

What does t

hat mean?

Living things eat, and

they make

themselves move.

Living things have babies!

Plants have seeds!

Living things respond to their environment.

What does

that mea

n?

Living th

ings

know where

they are

.

Living things adapt to their environment.

What does that mean?