Characteristics of Life
Explore the fundamental characteristics that define living organisms for Grade 4 science students.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of what makes something a living thing.
1. Which of the following is a characteristic of ALL living things?
They can fly.
They need food to grow.
They are made of metal.
They can talk.
2. A characteristic of living things is that they can reproduce. What does 'reproduce' mean?
To sleep for a long time.
To make more of their own kind.
To eat food quickly.
To change color.
Read each statement. Circle T for True or F for False.
3. A rock is a living thing because it can move if pushed.
True
False
4. Plants are living things because they grow and need water.
True
False
Complete the sentences using the words below.
5. All living things need to live and move.
6. Living things can to changes in their environment, like moving away from heat.
7. Animals and plants , meaning they get bigger and change over time.
8. List two differences between a living thing and a non-living thing.