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Living and Non-living Things :
Question 1
Name: Class:
School: Date:

Study the list of things shown below and decide whether you think they are

- living or

- once living but now dead or

- never living

light bulb

apple

paper bag

mushroom

sand

coal

spider

glass jar

woollen sweater

rose

copper jug

bathroom sponge

An example, rubber, has been completed for you.

ITEM

LIVING

NON-LIVING BUT ONCE PART OF A LIVING THING

NON-LIVING AND NEVER PART OF A LIVING THING

rubber

  

X

  

light bulb

  

  

  

paper bag

  

  

  

sand

  

  

  

spider

  

  

  

woollen sweater

  

  

  

copper jug

  

  

   

apple

  

  

 

mushroom

  

  

  

coal

  

     

  

glass jar

rose

bathroom sponge