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1、The definition of living and non-living thingsLiving things have seven characteristics below and non-living things dont have all the characteristics that livings have.Characteristics of living things1 .Living things can move. 2. Living things can grow.3. Living things can breathe and respire.4. Livi
2、ng things can reproduce.5. Living things can respond to stimuli. 6. Living things can excrete waste.7. All living things need food to keep alive.Living things can move. Many animals can move their bodies from one place to anther. They move because of escaping danger or trying to find food or water.
3、Many birds move from one place to anther because of climate change. Human beings also move, we can walk, dance, jump, and climb. Some of us can also swim. Plants movement is not the same as the animals, Plant can move part of their bodies to get what they need.Living things can grow. All living thin
4、gs can grow to be big and heavy. A seed can grow into a tree and a baby can grow into a child.Living things can breathe and respire. Most living things need air to keep alive. Most animals with back bones, like humans, birds, reptiles use lungs to breathe. Fishes use their gills to breathe. Most of
5、the animals without backbones, like the insects, shrimps and mollusks use lungs to breathe. The plants breathe through their leaves.Living things can reproduce. All living things can reproduce. Animals produce babies or eggs and plants produce seeds. The babies and seeds are called offspring. The pa
6、rent animals and plants pass on their features to their offspring. Without reproducing, humans and animals cant live generation after generation, the society and the nature cant develop or be improved. Living things can respond to stimuli. Responding to the stimuli is the knowledge or ability which
7、allows animals and people naturally to act in particular ways without having to think or to be taught. So, whenever there is a stimulus, living things will respond to it immediately.Living things can excrete waste. The waste is harmful to the body, so it is necessary to remove the waste from animals
8、 bodies. Plants also need to remove the waste, you will see the leaves and bark fall or drop yearly. All living things need food to keep alive. We all know that food provides energy for living things. Without food, living things will die soon. But different organisms take in different kinds of food. Now ,can you tell us why a car, a fan and a balloon are not living things though they move or float?The end Thanks a lot!