Characteristics of the Living Things
Characteristics of the Living Things: Overview
This topic discusses the characteristic features of living things that separate them from non-living things. From this topic, students will get to know that living things can move, grow, breathe, reproduce, etc.
Important Questions on Characteristics of the Living Things
Study the characteristics mentioned in the following table for the following objects:
orange, hen’s egg, curd, bag, frog, honey, milk, earthworm, sparrow.
Put '✓' or '✘' for presence or absence of a characteristic respectively and mention which of the objects are living or non-living.

List the common characteristics of the living things.

Name one microscopic plant and one microscopic animal.

Which part of leaf takes part in exchange of gases? (Chloroplasts/Stomata)

Name a plant which is not green, and one animal which does not move about freely.

Differentiate between the excretion and respiration.

Name the following:
Waste products produced in animals.

Name the following:
Waste products produced in plants.

Differentiate between the life cycle and lifespan.

Define the following terms:
Response.

Define the following terms:
Stimulus.

Define the term phototropic.

Define the following term:
Geotropic.

The removal of metabolic wastes from the body is known as _____.

An animal which cannot move is _____.

An organism made up of a single cell is called _____.

Growth is a permanent and_____ process. (irreversible/ reversible/ static)

The process of removal of waste materials from the body is called

Respiration is a process during which:

The process of manufacturing food by the green plants is called _____.
