Characteristics of Life
Explore the fundamental characteristics that define living things for Grade 2 students, including growth, movement, reproduction, and response to stimuli.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand what makes something alive!
1. Which of these is a characteristic of living things?
It can fly.
It can grow.
It is made of metal.
It is shiny.
2. What do living things need to get energy?
Food
Toys
Rocks
Clothes
1. All living things can move on their own.
True
False
2. A rock is a living thing because it can be moved by the wind.
True
False
1. Living things and get bigger.
2. Animals need to live and grow.
1. Look at the picture of the plant. Name two characteristics of life that a plant shows.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
1. Living things can to make more of their kind.
2. When you touch a hot stove, you quickly pull your hand away. This shows you can to your environment.