Characteristics of Living Things
A Grade 2 science worksheet on identifying the characteristics of living things, including growth, movement, and reproduction.
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Characteristics of Living Things Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand the differences between living and non-living things.
1. Which of these is a characteristic of ALL living things?
They can fly.
They need food.
They are made of metal.
They are always green.
2. What happens to living things as they get older?
They shrink.
They grow.
They turn into rocks.
They stop moving.
3. A bicycle is a living thing because it can move.
True
False
4. Plants are living things.
True
False
5. Living things need and water to survive.
6. Living things can and make more of their own kind.
7. Look at the picture. What are two things a plant needs to grow?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
8. Animals can from one place to another.
9. All living things over time.